Chiang Mai bus crash: Licences of driver, tour agency revoked

A file picture of a Thai police officer at the scene of the crash.

BANGKOK: Thailand's Land Transport Department (LTD) has revoked the driving licence of bus driver Somporn Bualuang and suspended his employer's tour bus licence following the deadly accident in Chiang Mai's Doi Saket district on Sunday that killed 13 Malaysians.

Somporn faces a charge of reckless driving causing others' deaths and injuries after he crashed the bus into another car, hit a power pole and fell off the moutainous road, resulting in the deaths of 13 Malaysians and one Thai tour guide, and leaving 12 people, including himself, injured.