BANGKOK — Police in Thailand arrested the driver of a bus carrying young students and teachers that caught fire and killed 23 in suburban Bangkok, as families arrived in the capital on Wednesday to help identify their loved ones.
The bus carrying six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students was traveling from Uthai Thani province, about 300 kilometers north of Bangkok, for a school trip in Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi provinces on Tuesday. The fire started while the bus was on a highway north of the capital and spread so quickly that many were unable to escape.Trairong Phiwpan, head of the police forensic department, said 23 bodies were recovered from the bus.
The driver, identified by the police as Saman Chanput, surrendered on Tuesday evening several hours after the fire. Police charged him with reckless driving causing deaths and injuries, failing to stop to help others and failing to report the accident.
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