PHETCHABURI: A man and his son were arrested in Muang district on Saturday after one million speed pills were found hidden in their 10-wheel truck loaded with goods. A team of officers from the Muang police station stopped the pink and white truck with Phetchaburi licence plates for a search at a checkpoint on southbound […]
Trucks, with more than six wheels, will be banned from Bangkok from 6am to 9pm, from December 1st until end of February, as the city’s administration takes precautionary steps to deal with air pollution during the cold season, mostly caused by PM2.5 dust particles. Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said today that the decision to ban […]
Thai and Myanmar officials are in conflict over the operation of cargo trucks travelling between Thailand’s Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province and the Thachilek township in Myanmar. The conflict stems from an order from Mae Sai district chief officer, Prasong La-on, forbidding trucks and vans from Thachilek from entering inner areas of the […]
A 10-wheel truck carrying a load of soil ran over a cyclist waiting at a red light at Asok-Sukhumvit intersection in Bangkok’s Watthana district on Tuesday. The 27-year-old cyclist, a worker from Myanmar, was stopped by the kerb, waiting for the light to turn green, about 10am. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST ONLINE REPORTERS
PHUKET: A six-wheeled truck carrying steel-reinforcement rods and wire mesh for construction slammed into the concrete barrier in front of Wat Patong, at the bottom of Patong Hill, and overturned this morning (May 28). The accident occurred just after 11am, the Patong Municipality Fire Department told The Phuket News. Full story: thephuketnews.com By Chutharat Plerin […]
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A 20-wheel trailer truck ran up onto the footpath at a curve and brought down five electricity poles and a tree, causing chaos in downtown Nakhon Ratchasima on Monday morning. The trailer truck came to a halt blocking the left side of Thao Sura road in Muang district at the bend in front […]
PHUKET: Faulty brakes are to blame for a heavy accident that occurred earlier today (Feb 22) in Kata where a truck crashed into a Minimart store. The driver, Mr Sarayut Poonkhlai, 26, was seriously injured but, miraculously, nobody was killed. Full story: thephuketnews.com By Eakkapop Thongtub The Phuket News
CHACHOENGSAO, Jan 31 (TNA) – A three-year-old giraffe was found dead in a roadside ditch on Thursday, more than 40 hours after it escaped from a truck while being transported on Tuesday in Chachoengsao province. Two giraffes which were imported by Safari World Plc, which operates a number of zoos in Thailand, fled the truck, […]
