Motorcylist injured and car ends up in Bangkok sinkhole

[webfact]

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a large sinkhole measuring three meters wide and 30 cms deep opened up in the area of Charan Sanitwong Road Soi 82 at 1.30 am.

 

A motorcyclist on a Honda was taken to hospital by the Poh Teck Tung foundation with road rash after he came off.

 

A Volvo car following up ended up in the hole. 

 

Bang Phlat police were out with cones marking off the area ahead of later repairs. 

 

Elsewhere in the Thai media Theerawat Huaihongthong, advisior to the Bangkok governor, assured the public that such events were infrequent and promised repairs to prevent traffic congestion. 

 

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[VocalNeal]

Police are looking into it?

[bdenner]

The way I see it a repair had been recently carried out VERY POORLY!

[hotchilli]

hi ho Silver.. awayyyy!

[sammieuk1]

And all that I knew was the hole in the road that was letting in Volvos ????

[mrfill]

Call that a sinkhole? It's just a small dent in the road. Now, THIS is a proper Norwich sink hole

 

 

[kidneyw]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

assured the public that such events were infrequent

Yes, usually pedestrians.