Bangkok Post – 2 students killed, 12 injured when truck hits school pickup

PATTANI: Two students were killed and 12 others injured, one seriously, on Friday when a six-wheel truck struck a parked pickup truck carrying students in this southern province’s Sai Buri district.

The fatal accident happened on Pattani-Narathiwat Road near Ban Laharn village Moo 5, said Colonel Chalermchai Phetkat, chief of Sai Buri police station, who was alerted around 8.10am.

When police arrived on the scene, police found the six-wheeler truck parked on the road. Driver Natthanin Thongsawang, 25, was waiting there.

The pickup was parked nearby on the side of the road. The right rear light was broken and the bodywork was slightly dented. There were bloodstains on the pickup and a lot of blood on the road.

Rescuers took the dead and injured students to Saiburi Crown Prince Hospital. The dead victim was Firahan Sani, 14, a student of Matthayom Suksa 2 (Grade 8). He was standing in the back of the pickup when the truck hit the vehicle, killing him instantly.

Two schoolgirls: Sa-enah Mukhor, 15, a student of Matthayom Suksa 3 (grade 9); and Amnul Wa-ngor, 14, a Matthayom Suksa 2 student – ​​were seriously injured. Sa-enah was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. Doctors later shifted Amnul to Pattani Hospital.

Eleven other students were slightly injured.

According to a police investigation, pickup driver Armin Hama, 25, took the students to Maikaenkittiwit School in Mai Kaen district. On the way, he parked the vehicle along the road to wait for the last student.

While the pickup was stopped, the truck traveling down the road suddenly struck the right side of the school vehicle. The side mirror struck the schoolboy, who was standing in the back of the pickup, and the two schoolgirls.