Officials say a double-decker bus carrying municipal workers on a field trip plunged off a steep road into a ravine in western Thailand, killing at least 30 people.
Tak provincial governor Suriya Prasatbunditya says another 22 people were injured in the crash that occurred when the driver tried to pass other cars on a steep, winding mountain road.
The bus slid off the mountain road and then flipped several times before crashing into a tree. The driver told authorities the brakes failed.
The bus was one of four carrying local workers and villagers Monday night from Tak to northeastern Thailand.
The governor said more than 300 accidents took place last year on the winding, hilly road frequented by buses and trucks travelling across the border to Myanmar.
