Driver dodges overloaded pickup truck driving straight at them

This is the terrifying moment a driver swerved away from an overloaded pickup truck that was driving straight at them – then watched as it wobbled across the road.

Sunita Niyompong was driving with her girlfriend Jitnarin Thangthrong on a mountain road in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, when the reckless vehicle came speeding towards them.

Quick-thinking Sunita swerved onto a grass verge to avoid a potentially fatal head-on collision. They looked in their rearview mirror and saw the truck wobbling from side-to-side as it careered towards a bend in the road.

Miraculously, the truck driver regained control without having an accident.

Jitnarin said: “I don’t know why the driver was on the wrong side of the road but I suspect he had fallen asleep at the wheel. If people are tired they should stop driving and take a rest.”