Post-funeral drunk driver survives slam into streetlamp

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The driver, Pakorn Ponpud, 48, was driving home after a funeral last night (June 18) when the accident happened. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A man driving home from a funeral last night (June 18) has been charged with drunk driving after the pickup truck he was driving slammed into streetlamp in the middle of the road in Pa Khlok.

 

Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene, on the road from the Heroines Monument to Pa Khlok, shortly after 9:30pm to find a white pickup truck still mounted on the small central reservation in the middle of the road.

 

The windshield was broken and the front end of the pickup had sustained heavy damage. Even the steering wheel had been broken by the force of the impact.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/post-funeral-drunk-driver-survives-slam-into-streetlamp-67554.php 

 

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And if the new system comes in next year he'd be allowed to do this another times before losing his licence......for three months!

 

 

Funerals are always a lot of sanuk here.

 

9 hours ago, madmitch said:

And if the new system comes in next year he'd be allowed to do this another times before losing his licence......for three months!

 

 

 

Do you really think people will stop driving during their 3 month loss of license????  

10 hours ago, webfact said:

the pickup truck he was driving slammed into streetlamp in the middle of the road in Pa Khlok

I wonder what made the streetlamp jump in the middle of the road...

4 hours ago, hkt83100 said:

I wonder what made the streetlamp jump in the middle of the road...

It was scared of the 18 wheeler coming sideways down the other side of the road.