Pickup Truck Crashes into Car in Bangkok, One Dead, Two Injured

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A crash in the early hours of 10 May, left one man dead and two others injured when a pickup truck driver, collided with a car, which then ploughed into a computer shop in Bangkok’s Bang Bon district.

Police Lieutenant Pattharaphon Limthiamrat, an investigator from Bang Bon Police Station, received the emergency call at around 02:00. The incident occurred at the Bang Bon 5 and Ekkachai Road intersection in Bang Bon Tai Subdistrict. Forensic doctors from Siriraj Hospital and rescue volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation were also dispatched to the scene.

Upon arrival, officers found a damaged Toyota four-door pickup truck overturned. The driver, identified as Mr. Koson, 55, was found deceased and trapped inside the vehicle. Rescue personnel used hydraulic cutting tools to extract the body, with visible injuries to the head and face.

Nearby, police discovered a second vehicle involved, a Toyota sedan, through the front window of the computer shop and two injured passengers, one male and one female. Both were promptly taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Mr. Ek, the owner of the computer shop at the crash site, recounted the shocking moment. “I was repairing a computer inside the shop when I heard a deafening crash. Suddenly, a vehicle came crashing into the front of my store,” he said. “I was terrified. When I rushed outside, I saw the pickup had flipped upside down.” The impact shattered the shop’s glass front and damaged several customer computers.

Initial investigations suggest the pickup driver lost control before colliding with the car. Police are reviewing CCTV footage and awaiting statements from the injured to determine the cause of the crash.

The deceased has been transported to Siriraj Hospital’s forensic department for autopsy, and relatives have been notified to claim the body.

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-05-11.