Domestic sales of pickup trucks seen plunging to lowest level in over two decades
Research by ttb analytics and published by PPTVHD36 AUTOMAKERS are facing a sharp slide in domestic sales of pickup trucks this year with the expected total of 171,000 units being a 24-year low and a contraction of 7% year-on-year, PPTVHD36 said yesterday (Jan. 22). ttb analytics, an economic analysis centre, said the drop in […]
Read MoreGPS leads trailer-truck laden with fireworks to canal fall
A TRAILER-TRUCK carrying over 25 tonnes of fireworks from Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi to Supanburi lost control and overturned as it plunged into a canal while following GPS directions and fortunately the driver and his wife were not injured, TV Channel 7 said late last night (Nov. 30). The accident occurred at a […]
Read MoreOne dead in truck driver’s wild ride through city centre
A DELIRIOUS knife-wielding truck driver’s wild ride up and down Rama IV road then to Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, led to a couple riding a motorcycle being seriously injured and the man having now died, Amarin TV said this evening (Sept. 4). From 2 p.m. onwards four policemen riding two motorcycles chased the six-wheel […]
Read MorePolice chase knife-wielding delirious truck driver on Rama IV road
FOUR policemen riding two motorcycles chased a knife-wielding driver of a six-wheel truck that does not have side panels up and down Rama IV road from 2 p.m. onwards today (Sept. 4) but he managed to drive off towards Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, TV Channel 3 Plus News said. The driver appeared to be […]
Read MoreBangkok-Chiang Mai train slams into truck, northern line delayed
A FAST TRAIN heading for Chiang Mai smashed into a ten-wheel truck just before reaching Chum Saeng station in Nakhon Sawan at 7.34 p.m. this evening (Jan. 19) with the driver killed on the spot while all northern line trains running both ways were delayed, Matichon newspaper said. Aside from the driver who died, […]
Read MoreTruck driver caught after wild chase with over 20 vehicles hit
A TRUCK DRIVER who zoomed to escape a police search then led them on a wild 20-kilometre chase during which he hit over 20 vehicles and slightly injured three policemen now faces five charges, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Dec. 4). Pol.LCpl. Peerapat Ongphudee, head of the traffic group on duty at Bang […]
Read More4 hurt as ambulance jumps red light and hits pick-up truck
AN AMBULANCE rushing to pick-up a patient jumped the red light at an intersection in Prachinburi and hit a vegetable pick-up truck with four hospital employees being injured in the collision this evening (Nov. 6), Matichon newspaper said. At 7.30 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Suwit Suijaroon, an inspector at Ra Bo Pai police station, […]
Read MoreDriver dead, 15 students hurt as truck slams into van
A SIX-WHEEL parcel delivery truck slammed into a school van in Chiang Rai early this morning (Oc. 25) killing the driver of the latter vehicle and injuring 15 students, Matichon newspaper said. At 7.20 a.m. the police at Pa Daet station in this northern province were alerted of an accident on Road No. 1126 passing […]
Read MoreFord dealer insists vehicle was new, willing to buy it back
A DEALER of Ford vehicles in Rayong today (Feb. 22) refuted claims by a woman that a pickup truck she bought two years ago was fitted with a second-hand engine insisting that it was new and that the company is willing to buy it back, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Somsak Paniangthong, managing director of […]
Read MoreDriver drowns after 18-wheel truck crashes into the sea
THE YOUNG driver of an 18-wheel truck drowned after the large vehicle plunged into the sea at Laem Chabang port today (Feb.19), Amarin TV said. At 2.30 p.m. police at Laem Chabang station in Si Racha district of Chon Buri province were informed of the 18-wheel truck crashing into the sea at the port and […]
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