A container full of corrosive liquid smashed into a police booth when a 10-wheeled truck overturned on Rama III Road in Bangkok Monday.
The driver of the container truck was the only injury in the 12.45pm accident in the Bang Phong Phang area of Yannawa district. Mubin Srisuwan, 48, from Roi Et had to be cut from the cab and rushed to a nearby hospital.
The truck carrying a six-metre-long container overturned and the payload was thrown onto the traffic-police booth manned by Bang Phong Phang station. Fortunately no officers were inside as they were changing shifts.
A corrosive liquid, believed to be a phosphoric acid solution, leaked on to the road surface creating noxious fumes. Police closed the road and a cleanup crew covered the liquid with sand and water.
Police said the truck picked up the chemical from the Pu Chao Saming Phrai port in Samut Prakan province and was heading for Sathu Pradit Road. Police believed the truck overturned while it was turning too quickly at the Rama III intersection after descending from the adjacent Bhumibol Bridge.
A policeman retrieves a television set after his booth was smashed with a six-metre-long container on Rama III Road on Monday. (Photo by Kosol Nakachol)