One dead one injured as large crane collapses atop downtown Bangkok shopping center

[webfact]

Picture: Sanook

 

Lumpini police were called to the roof of a well-known shopping center on Ratdamri Road where a hotel is being added.

 

A 20 meter high crane's arm had collapsed onto two workers from Myanmar.

 

Both were injured and one died in hospital.

 

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Police think the crane was probably overloaded leading to the accident.

 

It happened about 10 am yesterday. 

 

The store was not named in the Sanook story.

 

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[Will B Good]

Amazing how often these things seem to collapse or fall over..........the world over.

 

Had one fall in front of me across all six lanes of a motorway as I drove into Brussels......stuck there for over five hours.

[Iamfalang]

Jobs Thais won’t do?  Burmese gets 10 baht a week to risk their life.

 

Can their family sue?   Rhetorical.

 

we never ask who builds what……maybe we should start.   Take a stand.   

[sammieuk1]

There area never ending supply of Balsa cranes here it appears ????

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, Iamfalang said:

Can their family sue?   Rhetorical.

Before or after defending defamation suit naming company that 'killed' their kin ? 

[The Hammer2021]

More crane carnage! When will it stop?

[ThailandRyan]

With all of the cranes I see working in the One Bangkok, the Dusit Park Residence, and the surrounding construction Areas I am always concerned but at a loss as to why more accidents do not occur when I watch them lifting piles of construction materials up to the series of stages being built as the buildings move upwards.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Police think the crane was probably overloaded leading to the accident.

So a manslaughter charge will be pending with the construction site owner summoned for questioning on safety standards at the site?

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Amazing how often these things seem to collapse or fall over..........the world over.

 

Had one fall in front of me across all six lanes of a motorway as I drove into Brussels......stuck there for over five hours.

Was that more painful than the hemorrhoids?????

[tomazbodner]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The store was not named in the Sanook story.

And then put a video, clearly showing "The Market" with the crane just behind it.

[Bangkok Barry]

6 hours ago, Iamfalang said:

Jobs Thais won’t do?  Burmese gets 10 baht a week to risk their life.

 

Can their family sue?   Rhetorical.

 

we never ask who builds what……maybe we should start.   Take a stand.   

Why does it matter to you who builds something? Judging from some of the work I've seen first hand that Thais do though - yes, I'd rather others did the job. 

[Will B Good]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Was that more painful than the hemorrhoids?????

Almost...555.....it was before mobile phones were quite common. 

 

Supposed to be chairing a meeting and had to walk along knocking on car windows asking if anyone had a phone so I could call and cancel.

[Mr Meeseeks]

On 4/8/2022 at 10:12 AM, webfact said:

Police think the crane was probably overloaded leading to the accident.

Thai Police would not have a clue as to what caused the accident.