A schoolgirl was killed and 15 other students injured when a van they were travelling in overturned in Lampang on Friday morning.
The incident happened on Lampang-Muang Pan Road at Thung Pongrian village about 6.50am.
Police and rescue workers found a Toyota van overturned along the roadside. Students were heard crying inside the school van.
Rescue workers retrieved the injured from the van. A five-year-old girl, who was in the back seat, was killed.
The driver told police that the van was carrying 25 students from Prathom Suksa 1 to Mathayom Suksa 6 from villages to schools in the downtown district.
The driver said she lost control of the vehicle at a curve, causing it to crash.
Police suspected the van skidded because the road was slippery following heavy rain.
