Sri Racha ice delivery truck swept away by high tide and falls into river, two Burmese workers missing

Bowin, Sri Racha —

An ice delivery truck carrying one Thai and two Burmese workers was swept away by a high tide and fell into a river in Sri Racha. The Thai worker was able to swim out of the truck and survived while two others were still missing.

A combined team of police and divers responded to an accident on Thursday, July 21st, involving an ice delivery truck that fell into a river after getting swept away by a strong tide in Soi Suksawat in Sri Racha.

The accident scene was an overflowing weir, according to reports. An ice delivery truck was found almost completely submerged in the water. The officers assisted one victim named Somchai Namrat, a 47-year-old Thai truck driver, who said that he was able to escape the truck just in time before it got submerged. However, his two Burmese friends who were in the car with him were washed away by the current and went missing.

Somchai carried on that he was previously delivering ice to customers around 4 AM and had to cross the weir, but the water was overflowing at that moment and swept his car into the river. The officers and divers are still searching for the missing victims as of press time.

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