SURAT THANI: The driver of a bus that skidded off a road on Monday, injuring an American passenger, tested positive for drugs, a police officer said on Tuesday. Don Sak district police chief Pol Col Sutthi Nitiakkarapong said tests on both driver Samrueng Chuenchom, 36, and his assistant Amornthep Apairat, 22, found methamphetamine substances in their urine. A double-decker bus operated by Lomprayah Co skidded off a road in Don Sak district in Surat Thani on Monday. The driver said the bus was taking 35 tourists from Krabi to a Lomprayah pier in Don Sak, where they were to board a ferry to Koh Samui. Surat Thani governor Wichawut Jinto ordered the land transport office to examine possible legal against Lomphayah, the bus operator.

Source: Bangkok Post January 02, 2018 11:48 UTC