One dead many injured as school tour bus overturns in Surat

One person is dead and many were injured after a tour bus carrying school children overturned on the Asia Highway in Surat Thani yesterday morning.

The accident happened at kilometer marker 243 in the Wiang Sa district.

The bus was taking teachers and students from Hat Yai Withayalai School in Songkhla to a camp n Prajuab Khiri Khan province.

Early reports suggest that 29 M6 (Year 13) students were injured as well as some teachers. Five students had serious injuries and were transferred from Wiang Sa to hospital in Surat Thai.

Pronounced dead at the scene was Miss Sunisa Chaikit.

The bus overturned by the side of the road but the cause is under investigation.

Thai Visa / Daily News

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