A bungling lorry driver misjudged his trailer’s height - dragging down an electric power line onto the road in a ball of sparks.<br /><br />The truck with the 13-foot-high container on the back can be seen driving in the right-hand carriageway in Ubon Ratchathani, northern Thailand, on Tuesday evening (June 25).<br /><br />But it appeared to clip the black power lines strung across the road before they became snagged on the vehicle’s roof. <br /><br />Dash cam footage shows how a post on the opposite side was pulled to the ground before exploding in a ball of sparks. <br /><br />Miraculously, the electric cables missed all the cars during the rush hour traffic and nobody was injured. <br /><br />Motorist Sanit Seansai said the lorry driver failed to notice the accident and continued driving along the road.<br /><br />The accident cut off electricity and blocked traffic on the road for several hours. Nine students of a nearby university were also reportedly stuck in the elevator from the blackout.<br /><br />Filmer Chongrat Subanphong, 49, said: ''I was on the way home when I saw the electric poles falling and exploded right in front of me. Luckily, there were no drivers or pedestrians were injured.''<br /><br />The forty-four-year-old driver was stopped and taken to the police station afterwards. He was fined for 1,000 baht for reckless driving.
