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Truck topples 70 power poles in Samut Prakan
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 30/01/2026
» More than 200 technicians from the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) are racing to restore power along a nearly 2km stretch of old Sukhumvit Road, after an 18‑wheel trailer snagged overhead cables and brought down more than 70 electricity poles early on Friday morning.
Motorcyclist badly injured after road collapses in Samut Prakan
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 21/09/2025
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A 24-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured on Saturday night after plunging into a hole after a section of Theparat Road subsided in Bang Phli district.
Youth electrocuted pushing motorcycle along flooded road
News, Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 08/09/2025
» A 17-year-old boy was electrocuted while pushing his motorcycle through floodwater when he grabbed hold of a concrete barrier with an electrical wire running along it, in Samut Prakan early Monday morning.
Crypto miners ‘stole B500,000 a month worth of electricity’
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 13/05/2023
» SAMUT PRAKAN: Authorities have seized cryptocurrency mining hardware worth more than 5 million baht from two houses in Samut Prakan where electricity theft exceeded 500,000 baht a month.
Two agencies bicker over blame for electrocution deaths
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 24/12/2021
» SAMUT PRAKAN: Two local authorities are squabbling over responsibility for the deaths of a motorcyclist and a lottery vendor, who were electrocuted and drowned in a canal in Bang Phli district on Wednesday.
Five power poles brought down by pickup truck
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 02/02/2020
» SAMUT PRAKAN: Five electricity posts and a power transformer were brought down after a pickup truck crashed into one of the posts in Soi Wat Bang Sao Thong, Bang Saothong district, on Saturday night, causing a blackout and blocking traffic in the area for about 10 hours, police said.
Woman unscathed after pick-up rams into power post
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 28/04/2019
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A woman rammed her pick-up into a roadside power post in Muang district late on Saturday night while trying to retrieve her phone. The vehicle was badly damaged, but she was left unscathed.
Suvarnabhumi guarantees taxi service amid rally threat
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 14/09/2018
» The Suvarnabhumi airport chief has shrugged off a strike threat by a group of taxi drivers unhappy with a two-tier surcharge, saying he could guarantee the service would not be disrupted.