13 Malaysians killed in Chiang Mai bus crash

Cops have confirmed that 13 Malaysians were killed after their bus crashed in Chiang Mai yesterday.

The victims – five men and eight women – were coming back from an overnight trip in Chiang Rai when the accident happened, New Straits Times reported.

The bus, carrying 23 people, hit a car and ran off a curve in the road in the Doi Saket district, near the northern city of Chiang Mai, provincial police chief Major General Montri Sambunyanon told Reuters.

The ten other people on the bus, including the Thai driver, were also injured in the crash and are being treated in hospital in Chiang Mai city, Montri said.

Two people from the other vehicle were injured as well.

Story: Reuters/ New Straits Times




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