Songkhla —
A bus carrying Malaysian tourists collided with a truck in Songkhla province on Monday, injuring several passengers.
At 11:25 AM on October 14th, the Sadao Police Station received a report of a collision between a tourist bus and a trailer truck loaded with shipping containers on Kanjanavanit Road in front of the Sadao Customs Checkpoint. Several Malaysian tourists were injured.
The police coordinated with emergency responders before rushing to the scene to assist the injured parties. There, they found the bus crashed into the truck, resulting in significant front-end damage to the bus.
There were a total of 46 people, including Malaysian tourists, the driver, and a guide, trapped inside the bus. Many, especially those sitting at the front, sustained injuries, with the most serious being an unidentified female Thai guide.
Emergency responders worked together to extricate the injured from the bus and transport them to Sadao Hospital and Padang Besar Hospital. Other tourists were able to safely exit the bus.
Police revealed that the Malaysian tourist bus was traveling from Hat Yai district and heading back to Malaysia via the Sadao border checkpoint. Upon reaching the incident scene, a trailer truck transporting mackerel was coming from the Sadao border checkpoint and was turning into the customs checkpoint, causing the tourist bus, which was traveling straight, to crash into the middle of the trailer.
The police have taken Mr. Natthapong Rajkhongkaew, 34, the trailer truck driver, and Mr. Tevakumar Aruyanan, the bus driver, into custody for further investigation. Meanwhile, arrangements have been made for a bus to transport the uninjured Malaysian tourists back to their country.