A taxi registered in Bangkok collided with a truck and a police vehicle as its driver fled a Chaiyaphum petrol station without paying for fuel.
Sanya Polkong, the 36-year-old taxi driver, was arrested after the collision in Muang district on Saturday morning.
The collision happened as he tried to escape from a police vehicle after he fled a petrol station opposite the Lat Yai police station at about 8.20am on Saturday.
The driver of the taxi told police that he had visited his mother in the northeastern province and was about to drive back to Bangkok. He stopped over at the petrol station and fled without paying 1,750 baht for fuel.
The driver said he fled because he was wanted for a fraud case.
The driver of the truck was injured. The taxi was severely damaged but the driver was unhurt.
