Seven Injured in Pickup Truck Crash in Sisaket

[Georgealbert]

 

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Seven people were injured, two of them seriously, in a road crash involving a pickup truck that overturned multiple times and crashed off the road in Sisaket province on 5 April.

 

Emergency services were alerted shortly after the crash occurred near Ban Sok Hin junction, along the route from Uthumphon Phisai to Pho Si Suwan district. A black Nissan pickup truck driver, registration from Sisaket, had lost control and overturned off the roadside, landing upside down.

 

 

The 191 Emergency Radio Centre received the initial report and quickly coordinated with Pho Si Suwan police, rescue teams from Sisaket Sangkhro Foundation, the Jaws of Life rescue unit, and volunteers from Rasi Salai and Uthumphon Phisai. Medical personnel from Pho Si Suwan Hospital were also dispatched urgently to the scene.

 

Upon arrival, rescuers found five injured people, both male and female, scattered around the crash site, having been thrown from the vehicle’s open cargo bed. Two more passengers, seated in the front of the vehicle, remained trapped inside the overturned cabin and were in critical condition.

 

Rescue teams immediately began cutting into the wreckage using hydraulic rescue tools. Due to the victims’ weakened conditions, medical personnel administered intravenous fluids during the extrication. After more than an hour, both were safely removed and rushed to Pho Si Suwan Hospital.

 

Authorities later confirmed that all seven victims had survived but were still under medical care. The passengers told police they had left Mueang Sisaket earlier that morning, taking advantage of the extended holiday weekend to return to their hometown in Pho Si Suwan district.

 

The driver reportedly lost control just before the Ban Sok Hin junction, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and roll several times. The five individuals in the truck bed were ejected on impact. The two front-seat occupants, who were wearing seatbelts, were pinned inside as the cabin was crushed during the rollover.

 

Police have contacted the families of the victims, and an investigation is underway into the exact cause of the crash.

 

 

-- 2025-04-07

 

[Tropicalevo]

6 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

The five individuals in the truck bed were ejected on impact. The two front-seat occupants, who were wearing seatbelts, were pinned inside as the cabin was crushed during the rollover.

 

An unusual outcome.