Tangled truck blacks out Bangkok neighbourhood

By Kornkamon Aksorndech 
The Nation

 

 

Businesses and homes in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang area were without electricity for part of Friday morning after a 10-wheel truck got tangled in power lines on Ramkhamhaeng Soi 129 shortly after 9am.

 

Metropolitan Electricity Authority officials had the downed lines reconnected within three or four hours and replaced a utility pole that was knocked over without disrupting traffic. 

 

 

Police questioned witnesses and the truck driver, whose name has not been released. 

 

The driver will be held responsible for the property damage.

 

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The driver will be held responsible for the property damage.

 

Why? Was he driving a truck with an illegally high cargo? Looks more likely that the power lines were too low.

1 hour ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

The driver will be held responsible for the property damage.

 

Why? Was he driving a truck with an illegally high cargo? Looks more likely that the power lines were too low.

Exactly what I was thinking, from the photo the truck looks to have a normal load height, but the mass of cables which look to be quite a few & very heavy possibly sagging in the middle thus dropping below a safe height ?

Just the weight of the cables is enough to break the poles.  Where is Bill Gates when you need him!

 

29 minutes ago, Prairieboy said:

Just the weight of the cables is enough to break the poles.  Where is Bill Gates when you need him!

 

Why would you need Bill Gates? Whats Microsoft going to do here?

20 minutes ago, TumblinDice said:

Why would you need Bill Gates? Whats Microsoft going to do here?

 

The Bill Gates reference would be related to these topics:

 

 

 

After the rats nest came down full power and comms with restored by replacement of a few wires, the rest a hanging eyesore.