Pressure mounts on Thai authorities over Lambeth bus crash victims  

Streatham MP Chuka Umunna paid tribute to the families of three South London boys who died in a bus crash in Thailand in June following their six month campaign to win Government support for efforts to improve road safety in the South Asian country.  On 27th June this year, Bruno Melling-Firth, Max Boomgaarden-Cook and Conrad Quashie died in a bus crash while on holiday in Kam Phaeng Phet Province, Thailand. The three young men, who were due to start University this year, had each worked hard to save up for the trip to Thailand. They died within four days of their arrival. Their families have since endured a six-month campaign to find out the facts of their sons’ deaths, improve awareness of the dangers of Thai bus travel, and to influence reform to improve the safety of Thai buses and road networks. Polly Cook, Max Boomgaardan-Cook’s mother, is a constituent of Mr Umunna’s and the...