Police, who received a call about the smash at 1:20 am went with rescue volunteers to the site, on the southbound side of the road. There they found the bus with damage to the front, stopped in the road. Nearby was a mangled motorbike.
Under the rear of the bus, belonging to Phuket-based Pornsiwathep Co, were the bodies of two men, who were identified as Somwang Choykamchoo, 31, from Udon Thani and Aung Myint, 32, from Myanmar.
The bus driver, Montree Posee, 38, told police he had just dropped some passengers off at the airport and was heading back to the bus company.
“The motorbike came past at high speed and cut in front of me,” he explained. “I hit the brakes but it was too late because we were both going pretty fast. The bus collided with the motorbike hard and both the rider and his passenger fell off the motorbike and hit the road before skidding under the bus.”
He was taken to Thalang police station for further questioning and this afternoon was charged with reckless driving causing death.