BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) -- An inter-provincial bus veered off the road and fell into a canal, killing the driver and injuring 17 passengers in central Thailand on Tuesday.
The bus carrying 28 passengers was heading to Bangkok from northern Thailand's Nan Province.
When it came to central Thailand's Nakhon Sawan province on Tuesday morning, it ran off the road and fell into a canal, local reports said, adding that all passengers successfully escaped from the bus before it was flooded while the driver was trapped inside the bus and drowned.
At least 17 passengers got injured and 12 of them were wounded seriously, local media said.
Yot, one of the passengers, told media that the bus had been traveling for more than 10 hours and most of them were sleeping when the accident happened.
Fortunately, passengers managed to break the window by emergency hammers, Yot said.
Police said the driver may fall asleep when the accident occurred.
