Three people were killed, including a schoolgirl, and 55 others hurt when a bus carrying students and teachers on a study tour collided with a pickup truck on Wednesday evening.
The fatal crash happened in Nakhon Ratchasima.
The bus was on the way back to Chaiyaphum after taking students and teachers of Ban Nong Saeng School in Phu Khieo district to see the royal crematorium and exhibition at Sanam Luang in Bangkok.
Pol Capt Parinthorn Yaichantuek said the bus was approaching a junction, where it was to make a turn, when a pickup truck cut right in front of it. The bus driver was unable to brake in time and the bus hit the pickup truck and then ran into the roadside ditch and overturned.
Three people were killed in the crash, and most of the other people on the bus injured. Those killed were the bus driver, a teacher and a 9-year-old schoolgirl.
Rescuers reported that 55 passengers were confirmed injured, teachers and students. They were taken to local hospitals. Twelve remained under intensive care.
Pol Capt Parinthorn said the GPS system installed on the bus showed the driver was travelling at 86kph when the pickup truck cut in front of him.
Police were investigating further.
