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A pickup truck driver was killed and four passengers, including a six-year-old child, were injured after a lorry ran a red light and ploughed into their vehicle in Dok Khamtai district on the evening of 11 August.

 

Emergency services were called to the scene at the Phra Ubalee Road junction, where they found the pickup wedged beneath the lorry, registration from Phetchabun, which had reportedly jumped the traffic signal at high speed.

 

Rescue workers used hydraulic cutting equipment to free four injured occupants trapped inside the wrecked pickup. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The injured, one of them a young child, were rushed to hospital for treatment.

 

Survivors told police they had been travelling from San Khong in Dok Khamtai towards Phayao city to have dinner when they stopped at a red light. The lorry, they said, approached at high speed without braking, slamming into the rear of their vehicle and driving over it.

 

Initial police investigations suggest the lorry driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel. He has been taken into custody for questioning and faces legal action.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-08-12

 

 

 

 

Well, the headline doesn't seem to be correct.  The truck didn't run a red light - it simply failed to slow down as it approached the red light and ran into the back of the pick-up.