Bus crash kills 17 in Thailand

BANGKOK, Jan 19 (Reuters) At least 17 people were killed in northern Thailand today when a coach taking teachers on a trip plunged off a mountain road down an embankment into a river, police said.

About 25 people were injured in the accident on the main road between the northern cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, Police Colonel Chartchai Neovakul said.

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