At least 18 people were killed and 23 injured in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after the brakes failed on a tour bus and it rolled upside down into a ditch, police said.

BANGKOK (AP) — A chartered bus overturned in eastern Thailand early Wednesday morning, killing 18 people and injuring 31, officials said. The accident occurred in Prachinburi province during an overnight journey from northern Thailand to coastal Rayong province for a municipal study tour.

Road accidents and fatalities are common in Thailand due to weak enforcement of vehicle safety standards and poorly maintained roads. The Southeast Asian nation ranked ninth out o

At least 18 people died and another 23 were injured after a chartered bus overturned in eastern Thailand, officials said. Police said the brakes failed before the bus overturned during an overnight journey from northern Thailand to the coastal Rayong province.

A statement by Thailand's Department of Land Transport said the bus overturned in the eastern Prachinburi province on an overnight journey from Bueng Kan in the north to coastal Rayong province for a study tour.

At least 18 people have died and 31 are injured after a tour bus fell down a ditch in eastern Thailand, according to multiple reports. The brakes failed on a bus carrying 49 people, causing it to overturn down a highway section in Prachinburi province,