Thai police seek negligence charges for a school bus fire that killed 23 • FRANCE 24 English
Thai police on Wednesday said they were investigating whether the school bus fire that killed 23 young students and teachers in suburban Bangkok was caused by negligence after filing initial charges against the driver. The fire on the bus carrying six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students on Tuesday spread so quickly many were unable to escape.
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46 comments
Shame on Samarn Chankut the bus driver he chose to save his own life rather than the young students and teachers on board, this is a big mistake for the bus driver this is horrible😠
RIP to all young students and teachers🕊️
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Im from Trinidad and Tobago my heart breaks with this,story 😢😢😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉🎉
Bad
😢 RIP angels
Should be no fieldtrips! Some of schools let the parents come with the their children and a school bus has a lot of exits poor kids 😢 i cant imagine the feeling of their parents imm cryingggg Fly high angels 😢
huhuhuhu😭😭😭😭
Condolences
The key issue is, lack of regulations on authorities checks after modifications… and enforcement too. Especially for mass transportation.
My god my god ❤
This is horrible beyond belief! RIP! 😭
No one firetruck arrived in busfire🙄🙄🙄???
Rip 😢
I HATE how the Bus Driver left the children to suffer. What a disgusting human being. This also reminds me of the Sewol Ferry Tragedy where that coward captain left the 350 students to die.
Why they didn't used to open the windows and escape …as fire is not that fast if teachers i side think straight they could have been save.
So sad
u should see how they drive in thailand especially big city like bangkok. it's straight tailgating, barely any space. it's scary. it's no wonder people die so much from car accident there. learn how to drive thailand. then again women outnumber men 4 to 1 there so pretty much it's a bunch of chicks driving crazy lol
The driver should not go to jail because the bus company does illegal modification to the bus.
Rip.
Why was the driver able to save himself?
As wonderful as Thailand is it's corruption throughout the government that keeps it in a 3rd World status! Stop using "Safety First as a slogan and start using it as a policy!
They knew about 911 also, what happend?
Thai Police and Beaurocracy officer that corrupted are CRIMINAL ALWAYS
I don't know but I think buses should have one window exit for emergency if its advisable.
God bless their souls 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I love Thai people ❤❤❤
why is this event oddly similar to Sewol Ferry ?
So sad.. why people's didn't take action …..
First of all you must open the door of bus..the children go outside
Heart wrenching incident.
My heart is crying and 💔
So sad 😢…my prayers and condolences to the families🙏🙏🙏
Planned one?
Heartbreaking .😢😢
Sending prayers 🙏😢 this is so heartbreaking 😞💔
.. the driver had lost braking power and control of the bus, hitting a car and razed the road concrete barriers that damaged fuel/gas canisters and caused the sparks that started the fire.
When the fire first started the driver got off the bus and ran towards another bus( convoy of 3 buses) at some distance away to get a fire extinguisher .. by the time that he got back, the bus is already an razing inferno .. he then fled to a relative's house, maybe wishing that he could turn himself into a bird and fly away to Shangri-La
.. he should first have had the door opened and get the people out asap .. too bad that his legs is quicker than his brain
Broke our hearts, small childrens 😢
All buses should be need changed the design must be have access to the back.
Condolences to the parents and family
sorry for your lost RIP little angels and teacher🕊😭😞🙏
Was was not a shock to me. I am a Diesel mechanic. Went on vacation to Thailand and Laos with my wife’s family. I took a pic of a Bus with a 4 inch split in the steering wheel tires in Thailand. Sent it back to my managers in the USA. I saw so many unsafe vehicles. I forced myself to stop looking. Thailand never has cared… Cng tanks are suppose to be high up on the back of the bus….
Vary sad News 😔🥺
Omg
heart breaking 😢
What is the cause of the fire??
They did not check the tires, maybe it was used for a long time. How this happen, how the driver gets out if the door is closed.human move faster than fire if only the door is open.
Can tell me It on October 1 2024?!!
So sad 😢