A Thai driver was killed and all 13 young Danish passengers injured, three of them seriously, when their van veered off a hillside road and plunged into a ravine in Pai district of Mae Hong Son province on Thursday night.
The van, carrying 10 Danish women and three Danish men, was driving on Highway 1095. The accident was reported to police around 9.45pm.
The crash killed the Thai driver and left all 13 passengers injured, with three sustaining serious injuries. All were sent to Chiang Mai and Pai hospitals.
The van left Chiang Mai province at 6.30pm on Thursday for Pai district. The tourists, aged between 19 and 25, were heading for the popular Full Moon Party at a restaurant in Pai.
The driver lost control at a curve, causing the vehicle to veer off the road into a deep ravine.
On Nov 10 last year, a similar accident occurred when a van hit a mountain slope on the way to this popular tourist destination, resulting in the death of two foreign tourists and injuries to several others.
