A cement truck became entangled in power lines and pulled down 43 electricity poles in Samut Prakan’s Muang district on Thursday night, leaving two injured people, three damaged vehicles and an area-wide blackout in its wake.
The incident occurred around 8pm on Puttharaksa Road in tambon Phraeksa, said Pol Lt Col Charin Im-am, inspector on duty at Bang Pu police station. Police and rescue workers sent to the scene and reported a total of 43 power poles had been toppled along both sides of the road over a distance of 1.5 km.
Poles had fallen on two pickup trucks and a six-wheel truck. A cement mixer...
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