At 8am, Thalang police and Kusoldharm rescue workers were called to the scene of an accident on the northbound side of Thepkassattri Rd where a Chevrolet truck had flipped on its side dumping the passengers in the back into the road.
Police have stated that the pick-up missed the bend and lost control causing the trailer and backhoe it was towing to also flip and the 12 people to be thrown out from the back.
All 12 workers were taken to Thalang Hospital with minor injuries.
The truck driver, Wisut Chuayprakhong, 46, from Trang told police that he had picked up the workers from a workerʼs camp and was heading to a work site in Mai Khao.
“The trailer became unbalanced and flipped the truck,” Wisut siad.
Police took the truck, trailer, backhole and Mr Wisut to Thalang Police Station. No charges have yet been filed against Mr Wisut.
Late last month, two migrant workers were killed and 27 injured when the six-wheeler truck they were being trasported in crashed on the Nayak bend at the top of Nakalay Hill (See story here).
According to the Thai Land Traffic Act 1979 Section 20, a driver is responsible for not letting his passengers, animals, or loads to fall, leak, give out smell, reflect light, etc, which may cause harm or danger to the public.
After a spate of accidents in recent week, The Phuket News is calling for taffic laws to be enforced to stop accidents like to two mentioned above from happening (see story here).