Pickup Flips Over Gas Tanker in Chachoengsao Crash
A speeding pickup truck flipped over an 18-wheel gas tanker on a Chachoengsao bypass road, critically injuring a 60-year-old passenger trapped beneath the tanker after being thrown from the vehicle.
CHACHOENGSAO — 15 July 2026, Dashcam and CCTV footage captured the dramatic moment a speeding pickup truck launched into the air after crashing into a road median, flipping over an 18-wheel gas tanker before landing upside down and leaving two people injured, one of them critically.
The crash occurred at 20:20 on 14 July on the Bang Phra bypass road near Sut Yot Resort in Mueang district, Chachoengsao province.
Police, rescue workers and emergency medical teams from Buddhasothorn Hospital responded to the scene after receiving reports of a serious collision involving a pickup truck.
The driver, later identified as Khamla, a 25-year-old Laotian national, was found injured beside the grey Toyota pickup. His passenger, 60-year-old Chamu Saechi, was thrown from the vehicle during the impact and became trapped beneath the gas tanker. He sustained critical injuries before rescue workers freed him and rushed him to hospital.
According to investigators, Chamu was travelling with his employee to a shrimp farm in Ban Pho district, where they operate a shrimp purchasing business. They were reportedly hurrying to collect shrimp while workers were harvesting at the farm.
Personal belongings belonging to Chamu were found scattered across the road and were secured by officers for safekeeping before being handed over to investigators.
Witnesses told police the pickup had been travelling at high speed with its hazard lights flashing before crashing into the raised median at a parallel road intersection. They believed the driver may not have realised the road layout because a flashing warning beacon that previously marked the median had been destroyed in an earlier accident and had not yet been replaced.
The impact launched the pickup into the air, sending it over the roof of the passing gas tanker before it overturned and landed on its roof. The gas tanker sustained only minor damage to its front after being struck by the rear of the pickup as it fell back onto the road.
Police are continuing their investigation and plan to question the pickup driver once his condition allows to determine the exact cause of the crash.
