Pregnant pillion passenger dodges runaway truck wheel as it flies towards her head
- Woman was on the back of motorcycle in Prauchup Kiri Khan, southern Thailand
- Dash cam footage shows the pregnant woman quickly dive from the motorcycle
- The incident was reported to police and the couple on the bike were uninjured
This is the terrifying moment a pregnant woman on back of a motorcycle dodged a wheel that came hurtling through the air after it came loose from a pineapple truck.
The woman, who was six months pregnant, was a passenger on the motorcycle as her boyfriend edged out onto a road in Prauchup Kiri Khan, southern Thailand.
Footage, captured on a dash cam from a parked car on December 3, shows the woman use her quick reflexes to dive onto the ground before the tyre hits her head.
The woman, who was six months pregnant, was on the back of the motorcycle as her boyfriend edged out onto a road in Prauchup Kiri Khan, southern Thailand, on December 3
The video shows the couple pull out from a driveway on the motorbike before waiting to turn onto the road.
The driver begins to accelerate slowly onto the road before the woman grabs his waist.
Suddenly the tyre is seen hurtling through the air in the direction of the woman’s head before she quickly dives from the motorbike.
The video shows the couple pull out from a driveway on the motorbike before waiting to turn onto the road
Suddenly the tyre is seen hurtling through the air in the direction of the woman’s head before she quickly dives from the motorbike
The woman dives onto the ground as her partner appears to crouch down on the motorcycle
The incident was reported to the police and the couple were both uninjured.
Khun Nonee, the owner of the tyre, was tracked down by police and settled the issue privately with the couple.
She said: ‘The people on the motorcycle weren’t hurt. The girl was pregnant but she’s okay.
‘It was my wheel from my truck carrying pineapples, but it was an accident. it just came away without me realising. I don’t know why.’
Khun Nonee, a driver of a pineapple truck, was tracked down by police and settled the issue privately with the couple after her tyre came loose