News Forum - Singaporean car driver dead, 7 injured in Phuket crash with bus

[Thaiger]

On a winding mountain road, a car of Singaporean tourists crashed into a small tour bus, killing the driver of the car and injuring 7 people in total. The crash happened in the Muang district of Phuket last night when the driver of the car lost control coming downhill and ploughed into the bus. The car, a Toyota Yaris registered in Phuket, contained 5 Singaporean tourists, two of them 21 years old, two of them 30 years old, and one 66 year olds. The driver was a 21 year old woman. The car was travelling over the hills on its […]

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[Jafagreg]

What a horrible tragedy. How quickly things can change in life. I hope that all of the injured make a full and swift recovery.

[Guest1]

A full investigation is ongoing while police try to put together a full picture of the circumstances and events that lead up to the fatal crash between the Singaporean tourist car and mini tour bus.

The full picture?  Since that is just behind the sharp left curve where the road also starts to go  "nicely" down: 11pm, not knowing the road,  to quick, over in the oncoming lane, crash

By the position of the bus/car was the car very quick and full in the oncoming inner lane. "Lucky", only one dead. And that was the person causing the accident. R.i.P

[Noble_Design]

I guess the young Singaporean driver may not be competent enough to handle that stretch of road. Driving in Singapore which is relatively very easy and not challenging at all is a whole different game compared to driving in Thailand.

[HiuMak]

Inexperience Drivers not used to winding mountain roads should take caution. City and highway driving is very different from curvey mountainous roads. Unfortunately a life is lost.