A school van overturned in Thailand’s northeast Nakhon Ratchasima province this morning, leaving 22 college students injured. Police and rescuers arrived to find the van overturned along the aspect of the street, with many college students crying in worry.
The 22 youngsters injured suffered minor injuries, including bruises and head swelling, Thai Rath reported. The children were largely kindergarten and primary college students.
A trainer and the van driver helped the students out of the van. Rescuers and medics gave the kids first assist before transporting them to Non Thai Hospital for medical doctors to thoroughly look at them.
The trainer rushed to name the students’ parents, who then scrambled to the scene, tearfully hugging their youngsters. The parents of kids who were not injured brought their children home instantly.
The van driver gave a preliminary statement saying that he lost control of the van at a curve, which caused the van to overturn.
Thai media reported that the motive force had bent down to pick up a glass of water when he misplaced management of the van.
Simple are investigating the incident.
Thailand has a horrendous downside with highway accidents. The nation was ranked the second most dangerous nation to drive in based on a driver’s academic platform. There were 21,052 accidents in 2020, and eleven,138 accidents in 2021. About 20% of accidents involved bikes, whereas 8% involved six-wheel vans, and 8% involved vehicles with no less than 10 wheels.
Only South Africa is deemed to be a more dangerous place to drive than the Kingdom of Thailand with the US coming in third place.
The US-based Zutobi, a driver’s academic website that annually measures road accidents all through the globe, revealed that Thailand scores badly in 5 completely different categories.
Zutobi ranked Thailand in second place with 4.35 factors, behind South Africa with 3.41 points, and the US was third with 5.03 factors..