When police and rescue workers arrived at the scene, on the Heroines-Baan Manik Rd, they found Worrawut Songyot, Mayor of Srisoonthorn Municipality – which owns the truck – already there and quizzing Surisot Jaidee as to how he came to be driving the water truck on his day off.
Also at the scene were two of Surisot’s friends, Sommai Sae-Ku and Tiwa Buasawat, who were banged about in the accident, but not badly hurt.
Surisot said that he was driving from the Heroines monument to Baan Manik. The tank had some water in it, he explained, and when he hit a bend in the road the water sloshed to one side, shifting the centre of gravity and causing the truck to roll over.
Police have charged him with careless driving causing damage to state property.