PHUKET: Thirteen Burmese workers were scattered into roadside scrub today when a truck's trailer flipped on Phuket's main highway soon after 8.10am
The driver will be questioned and possibly face serious charges because the trailer was not intended for transporting people.
''This is a case where the road surface was dry and the crash wass entirely due to driver negligence,''' said Colonel Sarayut Meeboon, officer in charge of traffic at Thalang Police Station.
The Burmese were sitting on the open trailer, towed behind the truck, when the structure became unstable and the instability led to the vehicle running off the road.
All 13 Burmese were treated and allowed to leave the hospital. The crash on the north-bound lanes came opposite the PTT petrol station as the workers headed for a construction site in Mai Khao, northern Phuket.
Today's incident is the latest in a series involving out-of-control trucks on Phuket.
The driver will be questioned and possibly face serious charges because the trailer was not intended for transporting people.
''This is a case where the road surface was dry and the crash wass entirely due to driver negligence,''' said Colonel Sarayut Meeboon, officer in charge of traffic at Thalang Police Station.
The Burmese were sitting on the open trailer, towed behind the truck, when the structure became unstable and the instability led to the vehicle running off the road.
All 13 Burmese were treated and allowed to leave the hospital. The crash on the north-bound lanes came opposite the PTT petrol station as the workers headed for a construction site in Mai Khao, northern Phuket.
Today's incident is the latest in a series involving out-of-control trucks on Phuket.
All crashes are in reality due to driver error. Even if it snows. You drive according to whatever the weather conditions are.
Also I thought it was illegal to transport people in trucks, does anyone know the actual law on this?
Posted by Tbs on July 23, 2015 12:38