The road accident involving a double-decker bus that killed 18 holiday-makers and injured 30 more this week indicates that serious safety flaws remain in the nation's public transport.
This latest mishap occurred on March 21 when the driver of a bus belonging to Kalasin-based Kan-eng Co lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a winding slope on Road No.304 in Nakhon Ratchasima's Wang Nam Khieo district. The doomed bus was on its way back to Kalasin from the eastern province of Chanthaburi where its passengers had been holidaying.
According to an initial investigation, the driver, Kritsana Chuthachuen, made an ill-judged attempt to overtake a lorry but instead ended up swerving across the central barrier and ultimately plunging the bus off the road.
