Rescue workers try to retrieve the body of the driver from the Bangkok-bound interprovincial bus that plunged into a roadside canal in Nakhon Sawan's Banphot Bhisai district in the early hours of Tuesday. Seventeen passengers were hurt, 12 seriously (Photo by Chalit Pumruang)NAKHON SAWAN - The driver was killed and 17 passengers injured when a Bangkok-bound interprovincial bus ran off the road and into a canal in Banphot Phisai district in the early hours of Tuesday. A total of 17 passengers were injured, 12 of them seriously with broken legs and arms. Rescue workers immediately sent them to two nearby hospitals. Police said the bus was carrying 28 passengers and travelling from Nan to Bangkok.

Source: Bangkok Post July 04, 2017 05:03 UTC