Lopburi Driver Speeds Bus Into Truck, Dies

Police and passers-by at the scene of a crash which killed the driver of a bus and injured 20 others Wednesday night in Lopburi province.

LOPBURI — A bus and truck collided with each other Wednesday evening, injuring 20 and killing the bus driver.

The bus was carrying factory workers when it crashed into a Toyota truck just before 8pm in Wang Muang district. Bus driver Samruay Bampen, 67 – who some passengers blamed for causing the accident – was killed.

“The bus crashed into the truck. People in the bus said the bus ran a red light, but we will have to pull security tapes to make sure,” police Lt. Col. Suwet Muangtong said Thursday morning. “Two people were critically injured, and one died.”

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Most of the bus passengers were female employees of the Lopburi branch of Minibea Co. Ltd., a Japanese company that manufactures machinery and electrical components.

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Emergency officials sent the injured to Phatthana Nikhom Hospital. Suwet said neither driver was drunk.

Police investigators said the truck was waiting at a red light when the bus drove through the intersection at high speed as the signal was changing. The truck, whose driver survived, had just entered the intersection on a green light. The bus rolled after crashing into the truck.

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A truck after it was struck by a bus Wednesday night in Lopburi province. One was killed and 20 were injured.
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A bus rolled onto its side after crashing into a truck Wednesday night in Lopburi province.