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Thailand highway crash kills 16
April 21, 1997
Web posted at: 2:39 p.m. EDT (1839 GMT)BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- At least 16 people died and more than 80 were injured early Monday morning in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima when a truck went out of control and ran into two buses.
The 10-wheel refrigerated truck, carrying fish, hit the rear of a tour bus, then jumped across a canal that acted as a road divider and ran into an oncoming public bus. The driver of the second bus was killed instantly, police said. The truck driver survived the accident and fled the scene. Police speculated that he may have fallen asleep on the road.
The accident took place during the Buddhist New Year, when many people travel back home from the capital; the two buses were traveling between Bangkok and Roi-et. Mass traffic fatalities, many caused by unsafe drivers, are common on upcountry roads in Thailand.
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