Dramatic moment entire highway collapses in Thailand as cars crushed
The death toll in Thailand's capital of Bangkok following the collapse of an elevated road rose to two on Tuesday, according to authorities.
Footage has shown the moment an elevated bridge in Bangkok collapsed, killing at least two people and injuring 11 more. Videos circulating online show the blue bridge crumpled on the street with multiple cars crushed beneath it.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the collapse, which occurred on the west side of Bangkok. The elevated road has been under construction since 2020.
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Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipan said in a news conference on Tuesday that one person was killed at the site and another later died at a hospital.
Another 11 people were injured in the accident on Monday evening, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
Chadchart said the debris at the site was being removed after authorities confirmed no one else was still trapped. It could take several days for the rubble to be cleared, he said.
The footage purports to show the blue metal structure that appeared to be used for holding the concrete slabs suddenly falling and bringing the whole structure down.
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The construction project was commissioned by Bangkok authorities to Tharawan Construction and Npa Construction, according to the contract published on the website of the Office of the Official Information Commission.
“This shouldn’t have happened,” Chadchart said while inspecting the site Monday evening. “Someone needs to be responsible for this because someone died ... this wasn’t something unpreventable.”
Earlier this year, a construction worker was killed and four cars were damaged in a similar accident in Bangkok, when a slab of concrete fell from a raised road under construction.
In that case, a frame being used to lift the slab snapped, causing the concrete section to fall to the ground below.