Pickup slams into SCB branch in Samut Songkhram
A speeding pickup truck lost control and crashed into the front door of a Siam Commercial Bank branch in Samut Songkhram on Monday afternoon, coming to a halt right in front of the teller counter. Police said the accident happened at 4pm
The pickup, driven by 24-year-old Akkaradej Nanephueng, crashed through the glass door of the bank’s Saphan Putthalertla branch.
All those inside the bank escaped unhurt.
Akkaradej told police that he was heading to Don Hoi Lord to pick up his girlfriend when the accident occurred.
He said that when he exited a soi beside the bank, he lost control of his truck due to the slippery road surface during the rain.
His vehicle then grazed another pickup in front of the bank, before veering into the front door.
Pol Captain Chunnat Chaiyayo of Mueang Samut Songkhram police station said the driver had been found to have had a high alcohol level in his blood, and was charged with driving while drunk and causing damage to the property of others.