Fourteen children were injured this morning when a van carrying them on their way to school rammed into the rear of a six-wheeled truck in Wiang Pa Pao district of Chiang Rai province this morning. The van driver was also injured.
Pol Lt Col Uthis Wongwai, a Mae Chedi police investigator, said the accident occurred at 7.57am on Chiang Rai-Chiang Mai rad at an intersection near Group 6 village of Tambon Mae Chedi.
The van, which was fully loaded with schoolchildren of Wiang Pa Pao School, ran into the rear of a six-wheeled truck which was making a U-turn at the intersection.
Fourteen children, boys and girls aged 5-10 years, and the driver were injured.
They were admitted to Wiang Pa Pao hospital. Most of them were later released from the hospital.