In a tragic turn of events, a lorry driver was found dead due after being crushed by a 3-tonne sheet of glass and frame in the again of his own automobile. The incident unfolded yesterday in Cherng Talay, Phuket.
Lt. Col. Warawut Sensob of the Cherng Talay Police was knowledgeable of the horrific accident at 2.30pm, discovering the car, along with its trailer, stationed in front of a substantial warehouse presently present process reconstruction.
The ill-fated man was identified as 44 12 months old Chitjit Puengboon, a native of the Nakhon Phanom province. His physique was discovered inside the trailer under a colossal sheet of glass, a quantity of inches thick, held within a body. Put together, the mixed weight of the glass and its frame was projected to be a staggering 3 tonnes.
With the help of an onsite crane, officers lifted the glass slab, thus enabling rescue workers to extract the body, which was subsequently taken to Thalang Hospital.
Fellow lorry driver Apisit Khumsuwan revealed to the police that he and Chitjit had journeyed from Bangkok collectively to ship cargo to the under-construction warehouse. It remained unclear to Apisit how Chitjit found himself in such a horrendous predicament.
Providing additional details, forty 12 months old Kulchira Phumprathum, who works as an aide to the village chieftain of Moo 6, Cherng Talay, guessed that Chitjit will must have been in the again of the lorry when the glass sheet was being hoisted out. Protected told The Phuket News…
“It seems the slips for lifting the glass one method or the other indifferent from the lifting hook, main the sheet to descend onto Chitjit.”