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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.
Myanmar man hangs self in detention cell
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 06/02/2022
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A Myanmar man detained pending deportation was found hanged in a cell at South Samrong police station in Phra Pradaeng district on Sunday morning.
Elderly German monk found dead
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 14/04/2021
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A reclusive German monk was found dead in an set-apart house at Wat Asokaram in Muang district on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Canal-side walkway collapses, 8 injured
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 25/08/2020
» SAMUT PRAKAN: Eight people were injured, two seriously, and several boats were sunk when a crowded concrete walkway built along the bank of Khlong Nong Ngu Hao collapsed during a boat race in the canal in Bang Sao Thong district on Monday.
Driver killed in expressway pile-up
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 15/07/2020
» SAMUT PRAKAN: The driver of a pickup truck was killed and his passenger injured in a pile-up involving four vehicles on the Kanchanapisek (Bang Phli-Suksawat) expressway in Bang Phli district on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Lorry laden with gas cylinders explodes under expressway
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 04/06/2019
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A container lorry carrying more than 100 natural gas cylinders caught fire and exploded after a tyre burst under the elevated Bang Na-Bang Pakong expressway on Monday night.
Driver fined for failing to give way to ambulance
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 18/03/2019
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A driver has been fined 500 baht for obstructing an ambulance taking a woman in labour to a hospital.