HOW VILLAGERS IN CHIANG MAI TURNED A CRISIS INTO COMMUNITY TRIUMPH

This uplifting moment showcases the extraordinary teamwork of villagers who united to retrieve a pickup truck that had tumbled down a steep hill.

A man was traveling along the slope when he lost control and skidded off the dirt road in Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand.

More than fifty locals volunteered to pull the old vehicle that rolled over the hills and was stuck on the edge of a cabbage field terrace.

They helped the driver out of the truck before tying thick ropes around the truck to pull it. After almost an hour, the vehicle was successfully towed back to the road.

Malinee Laowang, a niece of the driver, said: “I saw the pickup truck toppled down the hill and flipped multiple times.”

 “I remember running towards the car and smashing the windows open with a rock to let my relative out. More villagers came to help us even without asking.”

Malinee’s uncle narrowly survived the crash and only suffered minor cuts and bruises and the car was dragged back to the driver’s home.

Malinee added: ‘My uncle was not seriously hurt and his car would be repaired. I would like to thank the villagers for helping us out.’

When we stick to the Ubuntu Philosophy and enshrine the spirit of togetherness and brotherhood into all we do, we would be healing the world from the infamy of pains and cruelty induced by human greed and selfishness.