Road accident claims three lives

Doi Saket police inspector Pol Lt Col Uthai Puangchan, said that after the Wongboontra Tour Co., Ltd. bus crashed into the pickup it then plunged into the roadside of the Chiang Mai - Chiang Rai highway.  

The school students had just visited Chiang Rai province and were heading to Chiang Mai. The crash instantly killed two students while another later died at hospital was a passenger of the pickup truck. 

Police have identified the dead students to be Jirayutch Rabprakhathum, a Mathayomsueksa  grade six student, Chakaphan Nakket, Mathayomsuek grade three student and  the passenger of the pickup truck who died has been identified as Mrs Bongkhot Jaipin.

On top of the bus’s break failure, police said that rains and slippery mountain road might have also contributed to the accident. The accident also occurred on a dangerous curve which has been the site of many other accidents. 

The last accident occurred in that same area was on Jan.19, 2007, when a tour bus carrying teachers from Chanthaburi crashed. Twenty one teachers were killed in this accident.