Teacher killed, seven injured in Saraburi accident
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A teacher was killed when a chartered van crashed into the rear of a trailer truck making a U-turn on a Saraburi road late on Friday night.
Police said the accident happened at 10.20pm on the Phaholyothin road in Nong Khae district.
The van was chartered to take teachers from Ban Kewa Witthaya school in Chaiyaphum on a field trip to Bangkok. The accident happened when it was returning to Chaiyaphum.
Police said Niphanan Nanthiprapha, 60, died on the way to a hospital and seven other teachers were injured.
The van driver, Boonhome Nianchai, 29, waited for police at the scene. He said he could not stop his van in time when a truck made a U-turn in front of him.
