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  • Bangkok NewsBangkok: Car and pickup plunge into canal, five injured

    Bangkok: Car and pickup plunge into canal, five injured

    A dramatic accident occurred when a car and a pickup truck plunged into a drainage canal beside a road in Bangkok, submerging both vehicles and leaving five people injured from water inhalation. Rescuers promptly assisted and transported the injured to hospital for urgent care. Ekphop Painuea, a police inspector from Chokchai Station, received a report at 12.10am today of a…

  • Thailand NewsLove struck Thai teen ignores injuries to save girlfriend’s sandals

    Love struck Thai teen ignores injuries to save girlfriend’s sandals

    In a heart-stopping dramatic scene that unfolded yesterday afternoon, a love struck teen ignored his own well-being and injuries following a violent collision with a pickup truck to save a treasured gift from his girlfriend. The 17 year old motorcyclist, affectionately known as Off, had a brush with disaster yesterday, December 18, in front of a school on Road 3371…

  • Road deathsPickup crash in Chiang Kham causes district-wide power outage

    Pickup crash in Chiang Kham causes district-wide power outage

    A dramatic incident unfolded when a speeding pickup truck careened off a curve and crashed into an electricity pole, plunging an entire district into darkness. The power outage affected Chiang Kham district, where local electricity authority officials promptly worked to restore power. Yesterday, November 19, a rescue team from the Siam Phayao Foundation’s main office in Chiang Kham responded to…

  • Transport NewsTrain smash tragedy: Two dead, child miraculously survives

    Train smash tragedy: Two dead, child miraculously survives

    Tragedy struck in Chumphon today when a pickup truck was obliterated by a speeding train at a railway crossing, killing the two adults inside but miraculously sparing a child found alive amidst the wreckage. The horrifying collision occurred around 10.30am, today, September 17, when Special Express train No.40, travelling from Surat Thani to Bangkok, smashed into the vehicle just 30…

  • Pattaya NewsPickup truck driver swerves into water off Pattaya

    Pickup truck driver swerves into water off Pattaya

    The driver of a pickup truck claims that he swerved to avoid an out-of-nowhere motorbike when his vehicle flew off the road and into the ocean of Jomtien, south of Pattaya, last night. Na Jomtien Police received an accident report around 8 pm last night and went to investigate. The blue pickup truck was asea and taking on water when…

  • Road deathsFather killed, daughter injured in Banglamung crash

    Father killed, daughter injured in Banglamung crash

    A man is dead and his 15 year daughter old seriously injured after their motorbike collided with a pickup truck on the way to school in in Chon Buri’s Banglamung district yesterday. Police were notified of the incident on Road No. 36 in the morning. Police, reporters and rescue workers arrived at the scene to find a 15 year old…

  • Northern Thailand NewsKorat driver injured after smashing into Buddhist shrine

    Korat driver injured after smashing into Buddhist shrine

    A driver in the northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province, aka Korat, sustained sustained serious injuries after his pickup truck slammed into a Buddhist shrine. Police were notified of the accident in the Klui sub-district. Police and emergency responders rushed to the scene to find a pickup truck crashed into a concrete religious pillar shrine in the middle of a roundabout. The…

  • Phuket NewsKorean man in Phuket suicide

    Korean man in Phuket suicide

    In an apparent suicide, the body of a South Korean man was found in a pickup truck in the city district of the southern resort province of Phuket yesterday, his head covered in a plastic bag. Police found the white pickup, with Phuket licence plates, in the car park of the Golden Triangle Been Co. in tambon Vichit after being…

  • Pattaya NewsPattaya pickup is pursued by two men after it causes pregnant woman to fall off motorbike – VIDEO

    Pattaya pickup is pursued by two men after it causes pregnant woman to fall off motorbike – VIDEO

    A video has gone viral showing foreigners driving a pickup truck that was stopped by 2 Thai guys pursuing them after reports that the pickup allegedly sped through a heavily flooded area in Pattaya, near Soi Khao Noi, causing a motorbike with a pregnant woman to get clipped, making her fall off and the motorbike crash. 26 years old Satuek Phu…

  • Phuket NewsUnsecured pickup falls off of ferry bound for Phuket

    Unsecured pickup falls off of ferry bound for Phuket

    In another case of a truck ending up in the ocean, a pickup truck is getting an unscheduled washing after it rolled off a ferry leaving Phang Nga Island bound for Phuket on Wednesday afternoon. The truck, which was unsecured, quickly sank and remains on the seabed. The owner of the inter-island ferry has agreed to compensate the owner of…

  • South Thailand NewsMonk run over during alms rounds outside Chumphon temple

    Monk run over during alms rounds outside Chumphon temple

    by Thanongsak Supakan A monk has been hit and killed by a speeding pickup truck in Chumphon this morning. He was making his alms rounds at the time. Police and rescue workers were called to the scene on Pathiu-Chumphon Road in front of Wat Laem Yang (Luang Por Khien) in Pathiu district around 4.30am. The 42 year old pickup driver Apiwan…

  • South Thailand NewsMother and son killed after train collided with their pickup truck in Surat Thani

    Mother and son killed after train collided with their pickup truck in Surat Thani

    PHOTOS: fm91bkk A mother and a son have been killed after a train collided with a pickup truck in Surat Thani this morning. FM 91 Bangkok is reporting that the Tha Chana Police in Surat Thani were notified of the incident at a railway in Tha Chana. Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene where there were no barriers for…