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Singaporean women (21 yr old) lost control of her vehicle while coming downhill in Phuket, crashed with bus, 1 killed 7 injured


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Rescue workers prepare to take the injured from the car and the tour bus to hospitals following a crash in Karon area, Phuket, on Friday night. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)



PHUKET: A Singaporean woman was killed and seven others, including her four compatriots, injured when a car she was driving hit a small tour bus while coming downhill on a hilly road Muang district on a hilly road Muang district on Friday night.

The accident was reported around 10.50pm, said Pol Capt Charnnarong Prakhongkua, an investigation officer at Karon police station.

Police, disaster prevention and mitigation officials and rescue workers arrived at the scene and found a badly damaged Toyota Yaris with Phuket licence plates and a small white bus with Phuket licence plates and a broken windscreen on Patak Road in tambon Karon.

A preliminary investigation found that the car was travelling from tambon Chalong to tambon Karon. While the car was coming downhill, the driver lost control of her vehicle, causing it to hit the bus, which earlier took a group of tourists to Kata beach.

The impact of the crash caused five Singaporean tourists including the driver, the bus driver and two guides to sustain injuries.

 

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2367795/singaporean-tourist-killed-6-hurt-in-phuket-car-bus-crash

 

 

 

SINGAPORE - A Singaporean woman was killed in a traffic accident in Phuket, Thailand, on Friday night (Aug 12) after the car she was driving collided with a small tour bus.

The Bangkok Post reported on Saturday (Aug 13) that the police were alerted to the accident at 10.50pm in Mueang district.

When the police and rescue workers arrived at the scene, they found a badly damaged Toyota Yaris and a small white bus with a broken windscreen, the newspaper reported.

The Bangkok Post reported that Ms Renee Ho Jia Hui, 21, was unconscious at the scene and died on the way to hospital.

Four other Singaporeans in the car were hurt. The Thai driver of the bus and two guides - a Thai and a South Korean - on board were also injured.

All of them were taken to hospital, the newspaper reported.

 
 

Preliminary investigations showed that Ms Ho lost control of her vehicle while driving downhill, causing it to hit the bus.

 
 

Police investigations are ongoing.

Local media reported that two men and three women (including Ms Ho) were in the car on the way back to their accommodation in the Karon district.

They reported that the injured passengers were trapped and had to be extricated from the wreckage by rescue workers using cutting tools.

The 20-seater tour bus had dropped off a group of foreign tourists at the Patong area and was returning to the Chalong district when the accident occurred.

The area has a steep slope.

The Straits Times has contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more information.

 

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sporean-woman-driving-car-killed-in-phuket-road-accident-4-other-sporeans-injured

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