Yanhee Hospital Staff Van Crashes Into Power Pole, 8 Injured Including Pregnant Woman
A Yanhee Hospital staff van crashed into a power pole in Nakhon Pathom's Bang Len district, injuring eight people including a pregnant woman, three seriously.
At 5:00 p.m. on November 5, 2026, Bang Len Police Station in Nakhon Pathom received a report that a van transporting Yanhee Hospital staff had lost control, veered off the road, and struck a power pole, injuring eight people. The accident occurred on the Wat Kham-Bang Phasi road in Moo 4, Bang Len Subdistrict, Bang Len District, Nakhon Pathom Province.
Rescue workers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation Nakhon Pathom, assisted by local residents and Bang Phasi Subdistrict Administrative Organization staff, extricated the victims from a grey Toyota commuter van (license plate Hor Thor 9871 Bangkok) bearing a Yanhee Hospital sticker on the front windshield. The vehicle had left the road and come to rest in a flooded field, its front crushed against a high-voltage power pole.
Eight people were injured: five men and three women, including one pregnant woman. They were identified as Athapol Sri Chainat, Apaporn Wongkrot, Wiyada Sawatmueang, Dueanphon Buadang, Precha Punak, Suphot Kot Srichang, Wiriyut Sripheng, and one male Burmese national. Five were sent to Bang Len Hospital and three to Don Tum Hospital. Three victims sustained serious injuries, including the pregnant woman.
The driver told police he had picked up all eight staff members from a water treatment plant affiliated with Yanhee Hospital in Bang Luang Subdistrict, Bang Len District, and was en route to the Yanhee water production factory in Moo 6, Khlong Nok Krathung Subdistrict, Bang Len District, so they could clock out. He said they were only about three kilometers from the destination when the van suddenly lost control and crashed into the power pole. He regained consciousness to find the vehicle off the road and people helping pull occupants out. He remains confused about what happened.
Bang Len police have not yet filed charges. They are coordinating to obtain CCTV footage from the scene and the vehicle's dashcam, as well as interviewing witnesses, to determine the cause of the crash.
