This file photo dated Oct 11, 2020 shows investigators working by the wreckage of an overturned bus involved in a deadly collision with a train at Khlong Kwaeng Klan railway station in Chachoengsao province, east of the Thai capital Bangkok. (PHOTO / AFP)

BANGKOK — A bus lost control and crashed into a tree in Thailand, killing 14 passengers and injuring more than 20, the state-owned Transport Company said in a statement on Tuesday.

The accident occurred in country's western province of Prachuap Khiri Khan at half past midnight.

Rescuers were seen pulling passengers out from the wreckage

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The bus's front was split in half after the crash, according to state broadcaster ThaiPBS.

Rescuers were seen pulling passengers out from the wreckage.

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"All those injured are being treated at hospital," the statement said, adding that an investigation on the causes of the accident was being carried out.