A pickup truck lost control and crashed into a roadside tree in Loei province early Saturday, killing a couple and their relative and injuring three others. Police said the accident happened at 2am on the Erawan-Pha Sambon Road in Tambon Pha-in Plaeng, Erawan district. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
PRACHIN BURI: The Thai driver and 16 Cambodian passengers were injured when their pickup truck crashed into a roadside lamp pole in Kabin Buri district shortly before dawn on Thursday. The accident happened on four-lane Highway 359 (Sa Kaeo-Prachin Buri) in tambon Khao Mai Kaeo about 5.20am. Full story: Bangkok Post MANIT SANUBBOON BANGKOK POST
Police will continue to postpone the ban against passengers riding on the back of pickup trucks for next year unless it is deemed dangerous to the passengers, Pol Gen Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul, the deputy national police chief, said Monday (Dec 19). However, he warned that police would strictly enforce traffic laws during the New Year’s long […]
PHUKET: A 31-year-old man was killed and his female passenger suffered serious injuries when the pickup truck they were travelling in first flattened a small streetlamp on Thepkrasattri Rd then crumpled as it slammed into larger street light pylon in the early minutes of this morning (Nov 22). Lt Sunan Petchnoo of Thalang Police was […]
The Transport Ministry plans to ask the Royal Thai Police (RTP) to come up with a traffic regulation that will allow people to sit in the rear space, or tray, of pickup trucks, after the government suffered fierce criticism over its vow to stop the practice. Speaking after a meeting with Deputy Transport Minister Pichit […]
BANGKOK, 11 April 2017 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has affirmed that the prohibition against riding on the bed of a pickup truck has long existed but it will be relaxed during this Songkran Festival to allow commuters to adjust themselves. During the Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha tasked the Ministry of Interior […]
A police officer in Chumphon province was ordered to make a clarification over his comment in his Facebook page criticizing the ban against pickup trucks from carrying passengers on their back and cab. In his comment posted on Facebook, Pol Lt-Col Aggarach Hoonngaum, inspector of Salui district police, wrote that for a law to be […]
BANGKOK — A Toyota truck burst into flames as it circled a roundabout Wednesday evening in northern Bangkok. Firemen and police rushed to the scene after the Toyota Vigo suddenly caught fire at the Bang Khen traffic circle as Kitti Halita, 21, was driving to meet his classmates at Phranakhon Rajabhat University. No one was […]
