GPS guides pickup driver into canal, 5 swim to safety

This pickup truck plunged into the canal while using a U-turn beneath the bridge, in Muang district of Nakhon Ratchasima, on Thursday night. The driver had followed GPS directions. All five people onboard were safe. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man following GPS directions on his phone drove his pickup into a canal on Thursday night, but he and his four passengers were fortunately unscathed.

The vehicle's plunge into the water was reported about 8.30pm, and sent police and rescue workers rushing to Lam Boribun canal under a bridge in tambon Talard of Muang district.