Lt Col Noppadol Tonemanee of the Thalang Police said officers were informed of the accident at 3:30am.
Police and rescue workers from the Phuket Kusoldharm Foundation arrived at the scene to find the Bangkok-registered Toyota pickup fitted with a refrigerated box on its tray stopped halfway across the barrier installed to protect the monument from invading vehicles.
The entire front of the pickup truck had been destroyed by the impact.
The driver, named by police as Sanphet Rao, 21, was at the scene of the accident, police noted.
Sanphet had escaped the accident with no injuries.
Police said that Sanphet was travelling northbound along Thepkrasattri Rd when he fell asleep at the wheel, leading to him slamming into the monument barrier.
The pickup was taken to Thalang Police Station and Sanphet was charged with reckless driving causing damage to government property, police confirmed.