A speeding driver was hurt when he plowed his pickup truck into a utility pole in Pattaya and landed in the median ditch.
The unidentified driver of the Isuzu truck was trapped in the cab and suffered serious injuries in the Jan. 2 accident on Sukhumvit Road by a PTT gas station in the Rong Po area of Banglamung District.
The victim, in his mid-30s, was transported to Banglamung Hospital.
Police estimated the driver was speeding and, for some reason, lost control of the vehicle.