Six passengers -- a man, four women and a baby girl -- were killed and about 50 others injured when a double-decker tour bus heading from Roi Et's Phanom Phrai district to Bangkok overturned in Pathum Thani's Klong Luang district early yesterday, police said.
Pol Capt Vacharapong Thienpratham, a Klong Luang police duty officer, said the accident occurred at about 3.20am at kilometre marker 35 + 100 on Phahon Yothin highway in tambon Khlong Nueng.
A police investigation revealed that the Prayad Tour Company bus departed Phanom Phrai district in Roi Et province at 7pm on Saturday.
Passengers said the accident happened in the pouring rain after the driver braked suddenly to avoid hitting a vehicle in front of it, causing the bus to overturn and come to rest in the road median ditch upside down.
A man, four women and a baby girl, about 3-5 months old, were killed. About 50 others were injured.
They were rushed separately by rescuers to Thammasat Chalerm Phra Kiat, Bang Pakok Rangsit, Pathumvech, Pattara-Thonburi, Paolo Rangsit and other hospitals in the area.
