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Notorious route 8 bus crashes, injures 14

The damaged No.8 bus after the driver went through a red light and was hit by a pickup truck at Ratchada-Lat Phrao intersection on Monday morning. (Photo: Nakhon 002 via JS100 Radio)

A route 8 bus driver was fined 5,000 baht and his licence suspended after driving through a red light, causing a crash and injuring 14 people in Bangkok on Monday morning.

The Land Transport Department said that bus driver Samran Khamma was hit with the maximum fine for reckless driving and his driving licence was suspended for 30 days.

He would also have to undertake a three-hour training session on good driving, and his employer must train his 23 colleagues to be good drivers, the department said.

About 5.30am on Monday Mr Samran was driving a No.8…

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