Highway Collapses on Sukhumvit Soi 64/1 in Bangkok [video]

[webfact]

 

The road collapsed in the middle of the city, along Sukhumvit 64/1, with half a ten-wheel truck submerged. Officials rush to recover stuck car

 

Picture: AMARIN TV

 

-- AMARIN TV 

[Ben Zioner]

This isn't a sinkhole, it is a collapsed cover over a man made cavity. Just  more Thai engineering.

[fondue zoo]

Yeah, no, is not sinkhole, is just hole.

[freeworld]

Where is the part submerged?

[fondue zoo]

 

SAFE!

 

 

[Lemsta69]

Big traffic jam on the Suk and vicinity today I guess. 

[digbeth]

That is not in Sukhumvit 64 whatever but on Sukhumvit itself near 64/1

[Crossy]

Seems to be a bit of an epidemic.

 

 

 

[bdenner]

Strange there is no mention of the "bar bar bor bor" (idocy) of the owner/drivers of these trucks!!!!!

20 + mirrors pointing at the driver - 12 driving lights across the roof (Bling) - and effin mud flaps protruding 30 cm outside the width of the vehicle. Goes back to the days where bus drivers had to open the screen over their engine to show that "my engine is bigger than yours" = Stuff the fact that someone could get caught up in the rotating belts === IDIOTS

Som Non Nah - there is a Budda!

[Celsius]

Has anyone watched the video? They are literally blaming the driver for truck being too heavy for this road.

[matchar]

Apparently the truck had a special bribe sticker allowing it to be overweight:

https://x.com/thaienquirer/status/1722183127874113698?s=53&t=kW-ayEcR4oeDMnQg8bhFYQ

 

[aseanfan]

5 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

This isn't a sinkhole, it is a collapsed cover over a man made cavity. Just  more Thai engineering.

Correct.  I was there and looked down.  There was a huge deep circular concrete ring below what looked like a temporary road structure covering it.

[aseanfan]

Correct - that is on Sukhumivit Road by True Digital Park - I was there and saw it all...very impressed at how they managed to get two huge cranes in place so quickly to rescue the truck that was about to descend into the depths of the man made concrete ringed tube descending to who knows where.

[sirineou]

Can you imagine the surprise of the driver when the road collapsed? 

I bet he had a few choice words to say in the way down. 

[scorecard]

5 hours ago, freeworld said:

Where is the part submerged?

That's at the top of the photo out of the photo frame.

[aseanfan]

Photos I took a few hours ago of the concrete ringed hole under the 'temporary concrete slab'

[josephbloggs]

2 hours ago, aseanfan said:

Photos I took a few hours ago of the concrete ringed hole under the 'temporary concrete slab'

 

I was there earlier after work as I work on soi 64. Went for dinner and the truck was still stuck, came back from dinner and it was out but the four plates were still in place and I was wondering how they could remove any without them all collapsing. But I stayed there and watched and they did a really fantastic job. One crane attached cables to the corners of three slabs and held them while a second crane removed the forth slab. Then they did the next one - started lifting then someone scrambled (wearing a safety harness) to disconnect crane number one from the third slab. etc etc. You can see him on the timelapse video, I wouldn't have fancied that job. I have to say it was well done.

I also have to say it's a really deep massive hole filled with water so that truck is lucky it didn't fall in.

[josephbloggs]

2 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

 

I was there earlier after work as I work on soi 64. Went for dinner and the truck was still stuck, came back from dinner and it was out but the four plates were still in place and I was wondering how they could remove any without them all collapsing. But I stayed there and watched and they did a really fantastic job. One crane attached cables to the corners of three slabs and held them while a second crane removed the forth slab. Then they did the next one - started lifting then someone scrambled (wearing a safety harness) to disconnect crane number one from the third slab. etc etc. You can see him on the timelapse video, I wouldn't have fancied that job. I have to say it was well done.

I also have to say it's a really deep massive hole filled with water so that truck is lucky it didn't fall in.

 

It also makes me wonder how they are usually supported. Four squares covering a giant hole with no support in the middle. If we had rectangular pieces covering the hole that makes sense, but squares that meet in the middle with no support underneath?. How does that work?

[webfact]

Truck falls into construction hole on Sukhumvit Soi 64

 

 

A ten-wheel truck plunged into a hole on Soi Sukhumvit 64 in Phra Khanong district this morning (Wednesday), worsening the traffic congestion. The accident happened at about noon, obstructing three lanes of the road. Police have warned motorists to avoid the area.

 

Initial reports indicate that a taxi driver and a food delivery driver were injured in the accident.

 

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt rushed to the area to assess the situation.The governor said that an initial investigation has found that the Metropolitan Electricity Authority was installing electrical conduit under the road and a large steel sheet was used to cover the surface of that section. Chadchart said an investigation will be conducted to determine why the truck fell into the hole.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-11-08

 

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[Muhendis]

6 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

 

It also makes me wonder how they are usually supported. Four squares covering a giant hole with no support in the middle. If we had rectangular pieces covering the hole that makes sense, but squares that meet in the middle with no support underneath?. How does that work?

Clearly. It doesn't work.

[neeray]

Thanks to JosephBloggs for all the great pictures and video plus the elaborate narrative. "A picture is worth a thousand words." This post is like a million words. And thumbs up to the crane guys. It's interesting to see how the workers guiding the slab after lifting, all kept their feet well back.

[sammieuk1]

Brought to you by the ministry for holes and caves live on facebook last night 🤔

[petermik]

A committee is being set up to investigate the whole matter...

[KhunBENQ]

14 hours ago, Celsius said:

Has anyone watched the video? They are literally blaming the driver for truck being too heavy for this road.

Can only be considered if there was special signage warning about maximum weight?

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, sirineou said:

Can you imagine the surprise of the driver when the road collapsed? 

I bet he had a few choice words to say in the way down. 

The F-bomb?

[sirineou]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

The F-bomb?

and othe scatologica expresions LOL.

I know I would. 

[Sig]

22 minutes ago, petermik said:

A committee is being set up to investigate the whole matter...

I had to take a second look at your comment. At first I read it as though you said "the hole matter"!   lol

[digbeth]

7 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Can only be considered if there was special signage warning about maximum weight?

there are legal maximum weight for all roads 

[josephbloggs]

1 hour ago, neeray said:

Thanks to JosephBloggs for all the great pictures and video plus the elaborate narrative. "A picture is worth a thousand words." This post is like a million words. And thumbs up to the crane guys. It's interesting to see how the workers guiding the slab after lifting, all kept their feet well back.

 

Thank you Neeray, you're welcome. And yes, they did a really fantastic job - I was impressed.

[Bangkok Barry]

15 hours ago, bdenner said:

Strange there is no mention of the "bar bar bor bor" (idocy) of the owner/drivers of these trucks!!!!!

20 + mirrors pointing at the driver - 12 driving lights across the roof (Bling) - and effin mud flaps protruding 30 cm outside the width of the vehicle. Goes back to the days where bus drivers had to open the screen over their engine to show that "my engine is bigger than yours" = Stuff the fact that someone could get caught up in the rotating belts === IDIOTS

Som Non Nah - there is a Budda!

 

What has this got to do with the report of lorries caught up in road collapses?