Man escapes serious injury as pickup slams truck parked along bypass road

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The pickup truck sustained heavy damage when it struck the truck by the side of the bypass road early this morning (July 24). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- A 48-year-old man escaped a high-impact collision with only minor chest injuries after his pickup truck slammed into the back of a truck parked along the bypass road early this morning (July 24).

 

Maj Akkaradet Pongprom of Phuket City Police was called to the scene, on the southbound lanes near the Toyota Pearl showroom, at 1:30am.

 

Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene to find a Toyota pickup, registered in Songkhla province, askew in the middle of the road with heavy damage to its front.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/man-escapes-serious-injury-as-pickup-slams-truck-parked-along-bypass-road-76787.php

 

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He said he was travelling at high speed.

“He said he couldn’t clearly see the 10-wheeled truck as that part of the road is very dark, 

There you have it folks, Dark road, High speed.........What could possibly go wrong..............

I bet he has an amulet on the dashboard, well, he used to have one on the dashboard......... when he had a dashboard.

24/7 just another day.

Brain failure...

He should have gone to Specsavers.Dark road,excuse, so did he

have his headlights on or not.

regards Worgeordie

3 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

He said he couldn’t clearly see the 10-wheeled truck

Quite often those trucks have  no (or covered in mud/crud) rear lights or reflective material or only one side of the lights work which can easily confuse in the dark.

 

or the other extreme

19 hours ago, apophyss said:

Brain failure...

Possibly, but then you would need to have one in the first place......