A LARGE awning made of concrete collapsed at the entrance of an alley in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district this afternoon (Oct. 1) but fortunately there were no casualties. The district office’s Facebook page posted photos and a message that their chief, Mr. Koson Singhanat, together with teams from Phu Khao Thong fire and rescue
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Concrete chunk falling on car in Bang Na not caused by structure chipping: EXAT
THE Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) clarified today (May 2) that an object resembling a concrete block that fell from a footbridge on Bangna-Trad road and smashed a sedan’s windshield was not caused by the structure chipping, Amarin TV said. This followed widespread coverage of this incident on traditional and social media. In a
Read moreRelatives take Rama II road victim’s body back to their hometown for funeral
THE LATEST victim of debris falling and killing people on Rama II road who suffered a ruptured liver after two chunks of concrete fell on his pickup truck as he was passing beneath a flyover to Samut Sakhon where he worked early yesterday morning (Apr. 29) died last night with this wife and relatives
Read moreConcrete beam falls five floors down crushing pickup truck
A CONCRETE beam fell down from the fifth floor of a building on Rama 4 road, Bang Rak district, crushing a parked pickup truck below just as another vehicle and a motorcycle were passing in the adjacent lane this afternoon (Dec. 14) but fortunately no one got injured, Amarin TV said. The beam fell
Read more5 hurt as chunks of concrete fall off city centre building
FIVE pedestrians were injured, with three of them rushed to the hospital, after chunks of concrete from a 10-storey building in front of Soi Kasemsan 1, Rama 1 road, suddenly fell to the pavement below, Sanook.com and Amarin TV said this afternoon (Jan. 22). Firemen from Banthat Thong station and Pathumwan district office quickly
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