A bus carrying Russian tourists crashed into a toll booth, a road barrier, and an SUV on a motorway in Thailand, injuring 33 people, six critically. Initial investigations suggest the bus, travelling at high speed, lost control while attempting to change lanes near a toll booth.
BANGKOK: Thirty-three people were injured, six of them critically, when a bus carrying Russian tourists crashed into a toll booth, a road barrier, and an SUV on the motorway heading to Pattaya City in Chonburi province on Thursday evening.
The bus, which was carrying mostly Russian tourists, sustained heavy damage, police said, adding that rescue workers hurriedly evacuated passengers from the wreckage as the fuel started leaking onto the ground.
BUS ACCIDENT RUSSIAN TOURISTS THAILAND PATAYACITY MOTORWAY
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