(3 Oct 2024)
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Lan Sak, Uthai Thani Province, Thailand – 03 October 2024
1. Various of mourners in Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam temple
2. Wichan Seubsaichan praying at coffin of his son, Reutthawat Seubsaichan
3. Close pan from mourner taking seat, to Wichan Seubsaichan at coffin
4. Wide of Wichan Seubsaichan seated alongside his mother, Noklek Seekham
5. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Wichan Seubsaichan, father of victim and Noklek Seekham, grandmother of victim:
Wichan: "I wasn’t told anything. It was confirmed to me only when I got back here. I was still hopeful that my son was still out there, that he might have survived."
Noklek: "Even when we were going to pick him up at the hospital (we had hope)."
Wichan : "Yesterday, I was told that he had not been identified, so I still hoped that my son had survived."
6. Close of picture of Wichan’s son, Reutthawat Seubsaichan
7. Close of Wichan Seubsaichan crying
8. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Wichan Seubsaichan, father of victim:
"He was not stubborn, not naughty at all. Whatever we told him, taught him, he always listened."
9. Wichan comforting relative at son’s coffin
10. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Wichan Seubsaichan, father of victim:
"I think it would be restrictive to children (to restrict school trips for safety). For me, my brother also died. Both my son and my brother died. My brother had never had a chance to go anywhere. This was the first time, and he died. For children that do not have an opportunity to be able to travel for just one time to learn things, it is a very valuable experience for them."
11. Various of mourner lighting incense
12. Wide of temple with mourners gathered
13. Oy Kaewprasert who’s son Theerapong Pienkasiwit died in crash, sat among mourners
14. Wide of Oy Kaewprasert speaking
15. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Oy Kaewprasert, mother of victim:
"He was cheerful and happy. He loved to travel."
Reporter: "Did he like school?"
"He loved school and traveling."
Reporter: "What was his favourite subject?"
"He was learning to read. He was just getting good at it."
16. Various of picture of Theerapong Pienkasiwit
17. Various of mourners
STORYLINE:
A small town in central Thailand prepared for a sombre mass funeral on Thursday for the 23 children and teachers who died in a horrific bus fire while on a school trip.
At Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam, the Buddhist temple in Lan Sak town in Uthai Thani province that houses the school attended by the victims, grieving relatives gathered during the day to make offerings and pay tribute to their deceased loved ones.
Up until yesterday Wichan Seubsaichan held out hope that his son, who was on the school trip, had managed to avoid the bus involved in the crash.
“Yesterday, I was told that he had not been identified, so I still hoped that my son had survived,” he said.
Today he makes offering of incense at the coffin of his son Ruetthawat.
Wichan remembers his 9-year-old son as a well-mannered boy who loved school and sports, and enjoyed participating in many activities since he was a toddler.
Six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students were on the bus that caught fire Tuesday on a highway in suburban Bangkok. It spread so quickly, only 22 were able to escape.
Police were investigating whether the fire was caused by negligence and filed several initial charges against the driver, including reckless driving and failing to stop to help others.
Police have not determined the cause but say the driver told them a front tire malfunctioned and the vehicle then scraped a concrete highway barrier.
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