A bus crashed and overturned in northern Thailand after the driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel, killing eight people and leaving dozens injured, police said Wednesday.
The accident occurred on Tuesday night when the vehicle — travelling from northern Chiang Mai province to Bangkok with more than 50 passengers — slammed into the wall of a gas station, said Lampang police chief Pheera Temyam.
“The road was straight. I guess the driver dozed off while driving which caused the accident,” Pheera told AFP.
The driver and seven passengers died and 49 others were injured, 20 of them seriously. No foreigners were thought to be among the dead.
Traffic accidents are common in Thailand, and police said a bus crash on the same road in October killed seven people.