A couple were lucky to be alive after a driver nodded off at the wheel and smashed into their street food stand.<br /><br />Thitiphan Phisitkul, 35, and his wife, Salita, 35, were serving noodles outside their home on Monday night (December 9) when the black pickup truck came hurtling towards them. <br /><br />CCTV shows how the terrified pair were flung backwards when the vehicle clattered into their stand in Chaing Mai, northern Thailand.<br /><br />The couple picked themselves up and confronted the female driver who allegedly admitted that the had fallen asleep at the wheel just before the crash at 11:24 pm.<br /><br />Thitiphan said: "We were preparing bowls of noodles for customers that night and car smashed into the stand. Both of us jumped out of the way but our noodle stand was wrecked.<br /><br />''My partner aslo hurt her hip in the accident so she needed to go to the hospital to be checked. Accidents happen but I hope people will take more care.''<br /><br />Police Lieutenant Colonel Tinnakorn Khamprawit said the driver was heading back home when she fell asleep at the wheel.<br /><br />He said: "The driver admitted she had fallen asleep and been driving dangerously. She agreed to pay for all of the damages and the medical bills.''
