Pickup truck narrowly avoids two kids at crosswalk after it ran red light

Dashcam footage from Thailand showed a pickup truck running a red light and nearly smashing into two kids crossing the road.

The clip, which has since gone viral, caused outrage online with many demanding the driver’s licence to be permanently revoked.

The incident also raised concerns as to how drivers in Thailand treat traffic signals.

According to Thairath, the near accident occurred in Lat Krabang district in Bangkok.

Truck runs red light

Based on the clip’s timestamp, the incident took place at around 12.49pm on 8 March.

On the rightmost lane, the dashcam vehicle begins to slow down as it approaches a crosswalk with a traffic light.

After noticing multiple vehicles stop for the light, two boys on opposite sides of the road hop on their bicycles to cross the road. Less than a second after they do so, a white pickup truck suddenly appears on camera at high speed.

The vehicle blazed through the small gap between the two boys, narrowly missing both of them, who came to a complete halt to avoid the speeding truck.