Phuket tour bus overturns in Krabi

PHUKET: A tour bus from the Phuket Central Tour Company overturned on the Khaotor-Tub Pud Rd in Krabi’s Plai Phraya District this morning (April 4) leaving many passengers injured, two seriously.

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By Eakkapop Thongtub

Saturday 4 April 2015, 11:08AM

21 of the 33 passengers on board the bus were taken to hospital.

The driver of the bus had fled the scene by the time police had arrived. Rescue workers took the 21 injured passengers to Tub Pud Hospital in Phang-Nga and Plai Phraya Hospital in Krabi. Initial investigations found that the tour bus was taking 33 passengers from Phuket Bus Station toKrabi, where it overturned. Police are currently searching for the driver.