26 killed in Thai bus, car pile-up

Turkmenistan News.Net
Saturday 4th July, 2009 (IANS)

Bangkok, July 4 (Xinhua) Twenty-six people were killed Saturday in a pile-up involving a passenger bus and six cars on a highway in southern Thailand, the police said.

The accident occurred at around 2.00 a.m. on the Phetchakasem Road in the Prachuap Khirikhan province, some 250 km southwest of Bangkok.

The police said the bus rammed into the standing cars at a traffic signal.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known.

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Spanky in Bangkok
07-04-09, 10:32 AM

26 killed in Thai bus, car pile-up

God rest the souls of these innocent people. Sounds to me like teh bus driver had his eyes closed maybe..as in asleep at the wheel. When will Thailand learn.

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