Pickup truck hits power pole, causes power outage

[rooster59]

Pickup truck hits power pole, causes power outage

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The pickup driver told police that he was driving home from work when he fell asleep at the wheel. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A pickup truck hit a power pole on Thepkrasattri Rd northbound in Srisoonthorn this morning (Dec 5), causing a major power outage in the area.

 

Lt Col Thada Sodarak was called to the scene, in front of the Watchara Marine & Motor Sport Center, at 5:30am. 

 

Police together with an ambulance from Mission Phuket Hospital rushed to the scene to find a black Phuket-registered Ford Ranger pickup truck with heavy damage.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/pickup-truck-hits-power-pole-causes-power-outage-78214.php

 

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[bluesofa]

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Pickup truck hits power pole, causes power outage

Yes, looking at the photo the headlights do appear to be non-functioning.

Thailand does seem to follow the basic law of magnetism, in that 'unlike poles attract each other' - vehicles and power poles.

[Andy from Kent]

With the deployment of the airbags, I'd guess the driver had minimum injuries if any.

[sweatalot]

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Pickup truck hits power pole, causes power outage

What about the driver?

 

Power outage, too?

if yes: before or after?

[ChipButty]

16 minutes ago, sweatalot said:

What about the driver?

 

Power outage, too?

if yes: before or after?

Apparently the power was out for a few hours around that area

[Justgrazing]

Pole 1 , Truck 0 ..

pole looks to be made of stern stuff ..

[sammieuk1]

There is so much tension on the poles with no load testing or stay wires that poles far up the road can go twang and fall over as I once witnessed ????

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

There is so much tension on the poles with no load testing or stay wires that poles far up the road can go twang and fall over as I once witnessed ????

Haven't witnessed a good twang since March...

[Scott Tracy]

Hi tension power poles?

[RichardColeman]

7 hours ago, Andy from Kent said:

With the deployment of the airbags, I'd guess the driver had minimum injuries if any.

Maybe , but I think if a farang bumped the back, and the air bags went off, it would be a 20 million head injury

[KhunBENQ]

6 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Pole 1 , Truck 0 ..

pole looks to be made of stern stuff ..

Not in the top ten list this year I guess.

Best I remember was 9 poles or so by domino effect.

 

It's obviously a high power voltage pole.

No toy to play with.

Edited December 6, 2020 by KhunBENQ

[KhunBENQ]

It's worth to open the article with all photos.

Another parked car got his "ass burned" by a falling power line

Melted plastic rear bumper it seems.

Edited December 6, 2020 by KhunBENQ

[Reigntax]

On 12/7/2020 at 12:01 AM, KhunBENQ said:

It's worth to open the article with all photos.

Another parked car got his "ass burned" by a falling power line

Melted plastic rear bumper it seems.

Just a hot hatch !

[DaLa]

On 12/6/2020 at 9:40 AM, bluesofa said:

Yes, looking at the photo the headlights do appear to be non-functioning.

Thailand does seem to follow the basic law of magnetism, in that 'unlike poles attract each other' - vehicles and power poles.

Metallurgically speaking , it may be vehicles and poles here have an affinity for each other. A bit like cars built in the UK in the 60's had an affinity for Oxygen and turned into rust the minute you drove them out of the showroom.