Thailand bus crash
© Chinawat SinghaThe bus overturns after ramming into a power post in Phitsanulok early Sunday, injuring 27.
Twenty-seven passengers were injured when a Khon Kaen-bound tour bus from Chiang Mai crashed while nearing Muang district of this northern province early on Sunday, police said.

Pol Capt Noppadol Mai-ngam, a Muang district police investigator, said the accident happened at 1.25am on Sukhothai-Phitsanulok road between kilometre markers 220 and 221, when the bus with about 40 passengers slid across the road median to the other side, rammed into a power post and overturned.

Twenty-seven passengers received minor injuries in the accident. They were admitted to Phra Phutthachinnaraj Hospital in Phitsanulok town. Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
Thailand bus crash
© Chinawat SinghaBus passengers remain at the scene just after the crash in Phitsanulok early Sunday.