One killed, 2 badly injured as bus leaves 2km trail of destruction
A trooper working part-time as a taxi motorcyclist was killed and two other persons were severely injured when a Bangkok-Rayong bus crashed into five vehicles on a road in Chon Buri on Saturday morning.
Pol Capt Somwang Phophan, deputy inspector of Mueang Chon Buri police station, said the accident happened at 6.30am on Sukhumvit Road near the intersection that links to Panas Nikhom district.
Somwang said the bus crashed into three motorcycles, a passenger van and a company employee van and left a two-kilometre trail before stopping.
The bus driver fled the scene and his helper, who initially claimed to be the driver, told police that the bus’s brake system malfunctioned.
Passengers told police the driver had fled and the person who surrendered, Pongpat Phuphaploy, 27, was a helper.
Somwang said Sgt Watana Ngampradit, a trooper from the 21st Infantry Division, was killed while he was working part time as a taxi motorcyclist.
Two unidentified people, a man and a woman, were severely injured when the bus also hit their bikes.
Police are now launching a manhunt for the bus driver.
