Storm hits Phitsanulok, woman dies in car crash
published : 4 Mar 2020 at 12:39
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chinnawat Singha
PHITSANULOK: A strong summer storm lashed Muang district on Tuesday night, causing widespread damage and a car crash that killed one person and injured five others.
The storm moved in about 11pm, bringing heavy rain and strong winds and lasting about an hour.
A power transformer exploded near Ton Wa intersection in front of the Tesco Lotus department store, Tha Thong branch, blacking-out a large section of the town.
The 105-metre tall antenna of a radio station operated by the Meteorological Department fell to the ground, crushing the station roof and adjacent houses in tambon Tha Pho.
Shortly after midnight, a Toyota Vigo pickup skidded off the rain soaked Phitsanulok-Sukhothai road and crashed into a power pole.
The pickup was carrying six women travelling from Bangkok to Krong Krai Lat district of Sukhothai province.
One of them, a middle-aged woman in the back seat of the cab, was killed. The five others were all injured, some of them seriously.
Vocabulary
- adjacent: very near, next to, or touching - ติดกัน
- antenna: (plural antennae) a piece of equipment made of wire or long straight pieces of metal for receiving or sending radio and television signals - สายอากาศ, เสาอากาศ
- blackout: a sudden loss of electrical power - ไฟดับ
- middle-aged (adj): neither young nor old - ซึ่งมีวัยกลางคน
- pole: a long thin stick, or piece of wood or concrete, often used for holding or supporting something - เสา, หลัก, คาน
- skid: (especially of a vehicle) to slide along a surface so that you have no control - ลื่น,เลื่อนไถล,เซ,ลื่นไหล
- transformer: a piece of equipment that changes the voltage of a flow of electricity - หม้อแปลง
