Student Falls From Bus, Breaks Teeth, Gets 19 Stitches

July 7 – Rescue officials from the Ayutthaya United Association responded to a report of a 16-year-old student who fell from a Ayutthaya-Wang Noi public bus with serious injuries on Rojana Road in Ban Pa-in District, Ayutthaya Province. The injured student, identified as Phaluewat, was found lying on the roadside with severe facial lacerations, a fractured skull, multiple broken front teeth, and heavy bleeding. Rescue personnel provided first aid before rushing him to Uthai Hospital.

According to Panya, an official from the Ayutthaya United Association, the student fell from the bus while attempting to get off. The exact circumstances remain unclear, though the student reported he slipped and lost his balance while standing to exit. The bus did not come to a complete stop. Later at Bang Pa-in Police Station, the student's 40-year-old mother, Thiphya, filed a report alongside the bus driver.

Thiphya explained she was waiting at her usual pickup location across the street when the accident occurred. She was unaware her son had fallen until he video-called her saying "I fell off the bus." Shocked by his condition, she noted she had always driven him to and from school since childhood. She had only recently started allowing him to take the public bus home as a way to teach him independence, while she continued to drive him in the mornings. She never expected such an accident would happen.

The bus driver has taken responsibility and begun discussing compensation with the family, including assistance through the Motor Vehicle Accident Victims Protection Act for medical expenses and ongoing settlement negotiations. The incident is believed to have occurred when the student stood up to exit and lost his footing, falling from the moving bus.