Truck driver survives electric shock, set alight after steel structure load hits overhead power lines

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The electric shock sparked flames along the driver’s body. Image: CCTV / Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- A truck driver is lucky to be alive after he was set alight by an electric shock he received while getting out of his truck on Chao Fa West Rd in Wichit today (Aug 20) after the steel structure in the back of the truck hit overhead power lines.

 

Wichit Municipality rescue workers were called to the scene, the intersection of Chao Fa West Rd and Muang Chaofa Rd (see map below), at around midday.

 

At the scene, officers saw the six-wheeled truck still stopped in the right southbound lane with the steel structure in the back still in contact with the power lines.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/truck-driver-survives-electric-shock-set-alight-after-steel-structure-load-hits-overhead-power-lines-77063.php

 

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My sympathies  for the  poor sod ! More than  just  clothing  burns  because it was likely caused  by a high  voltage  arc which would  be more significant !

Never mind any immediate  attributions of speculative blame.

 

Things are getting electric on Thai roads now,

the load is way too high.

Driver leaving the works, boss the load looks a bit high,

boss...go on son you'll be OK,...just keep your head down.

regards worgeordie

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8 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Things are getting electric on Thai roads now,

the load is way too high.

Driver leaving the works, boss the load looks a bit high,

boss...go on son you'll be OK,...just keep your head down.

regards worgeordie

I've also seen huge trucks going under the cables where they had 2 men on top of the load to lift the cables by hand while the truck drove under them.

 

And i've seen a truck pulling down the cables of a whole street, including the posts...

 

Amazing Thailand!

Just another bad hair day in Thailand.

12 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

My sympathies  for the  poor sod !

Should have learnt that the only thing keeping him alive was sitting in the truck.

Better to stay put till the power was disconnected, or if things started to take a turn for the worse drive on a few metres and break the connection before bailing out.

Shocking incident!

Why can’t the BMA and EGAT get off their backside and have a clear program to put these wires under ground. The are a clear and present danger and look like <deleted>

Our first shop was in a small soi and we had 40 foot containers that just scraped under the cables. Unfortunately one driver lost it and first crashed into a neighbours fish tank creating pandemonium as they scurried to scoop up their precious fish.

 

Then backing up he caught a tangle of cables and we had to have someone on top lift up the cables for him to manoeuvre. Later on that day another neighbour came to the shop and told us her internet had gone down whilst simultaneously pointing to a broken cable. We apologised and said we would have it repaired for her. To save further damage I sent a guy up a ladder and he temporarily tied the broken cable together in a knot.

 

Neighbour came round the next day and thanked us for repairing her internet!!

3 hours ago, chilli42 said:

Why can’t the BMA and EGAT get off their backside and have a clear program to put these wires under ground. The are a clear and present danger and look like <deleted>

You will need to be more specific otherwise you may find them overhead inside bypass tunnels.

Both occupants were energized.the first step out and become ground,he was lucky. the second guy jumped from the truck, not a scratch

I took a course on Site Safety Supervisor where during the training they showed videos of accidents. One shocking video show a worker pushing a scaffolding on wheels which was quite tall structure, this scaffolding touched the power line alone the road and the man was immediately roasted, you could see him trying to take his hand off the scaffolding but couldn't and his body all burning. Burn to ashes, all the flesh were black.

The power line could send electricity to any metal which is about 60 meters away.(can't remember exactly the distance)