A lorry's wheel came loose and crashed into a parked car after hitting a pot hole.<br /><br />The chassis on the six-wheeler truck snapped and the tire flew off while travelling on the badly maintained road in Samut Sakhon, central Thailand on August 17.<br /><br />Dashcam footage taken by a motorist travelling behind truck scraping to a stop after collapsing on the bumpy road.<br /><br />The loose wheel smashed into a pickup truck parked on the roadside.<br /><br />Lorry driver Narongdesh Kwanket, 42, said he was delivering boxes of vinegar to a warehouse in neighbouring province Ratchaburi when he hit the pot hole. <br /><br />He said: "I was driving on the road when I felt something snap down below. The I saw that the wheel had come off. Luckily no one was hit by the wheel even though it ran into another vehicle.''<br /><br />The slipped wheel smashed a pickup truck parked in front of a nearby repair shop.<br /><br />Suchat Sukperm, 49, the pickup truck owner, said he was relieved that nobody was injured but said he would make the driver and his company pay for the damage.<br /><br />He said: "While I was waiting inside the repair shop, I saw a big wheel striking my car. It left a huge dent in the rear end so it will cost a lot to repair.''<br /><br />Traffic police visited the scene of the crash to watch CCTV footage and check the truck driver's paperwork. <br /><br />Thailand is notorious for the poor state of its roads. The country also has one of the highest rates of road accident deaths in the world.
