BREAKING NEWS Three Dead, Dozens Injured as Steel Beams collapse on Rama II Road

[Georgealbert]

 

Pictures from responders.

 

An incident occurred at approximately 04.15 on November 29, when a construction structure at a  site collapsed on Rama 2 Road, outbound direction, near Mahachai Mueang Mai Market in Samut Sakhon province. Emergency responders are conducting rescue operations and assessing the situation.

 

Initial reports confirm multiple casualties, with three fatalities, over a dozen injured, and two to three individuals still missing. The collapse happened in the main traffic lanes near Siam Nissan Samut Sakhon, Mahachai Mueang Mai Branch, in Khok Krabue subdistrict, Mueang district.

 

Authorities from the Mueang Samut Sakhon Police Station are leading the investigation. Details of the incident, including the cause of the collapse, remain under review.

This event has prompted a swift response from rescue teams and law enforcement as they work to recover the missing and assist the injured.

 

 

-- 2024-11-29

 

[dinsdale]

IMO to call this "an incident" is very much an understatement. 2 dead, 10 injured and 2 or 3 missing. This is a major collapse. I've lost count of how many "incidents" there have been on this particular construction. 

[SHA 2 BKK]

Drove back from Cha Am yesterday.   Rama II is becoming worse and worse. The pavement terribly uneven and many potholes combined with the usual congestion makes it a very unsafe experience.  RIP to those killed this morning during construction.   I really would hate to think of the number of lives taken during the construction of the road.   

[BritManToo]

I'm not clear who was killed ..........

Construction workers, passers by, commuters in cars?

[ChrisY1]

A catastrophe is what it is! This looks like a "traveller" has collapsed....the truss structure that lifts the segments from the road level off trucks.

Unbelievable that at this stage in this nightmarish project, that such a disaster could happen!

As #SHA 2 BKK states....much of the roadway now is badly in need of repair.....so many overloaded trucks and very narrow lanes, make this 40 kms a scary drive!

Edited 1 hour ago by ChrisY1

[ozz1]

Another case of shoddy occupational health and safety but this is Thailand life's cheap

[JimHuaHin]

Yet again.

 

And how many Rama II construction "accidents" do not get media attention?

[webfact]

 

 

Pictures courtesy: Naew Na

[Rampant Rabbit]

I regularly use that road, its atrocious  way worse at night , badly lit, badly  signposted and whats often the case is  lorries hogging  the outside lane for the entire stretch when theres often plenty of room  for two vehicles. Its a disgrace...............only a  short while ago since a section fell on a  car  killing them wasnt it?

[bluemoonpattaya]

The site engineer needs a new calculator.

[lordgrinz]

2 hours ago, dinsdale said:

IMO to call this "an incident" is very much an understatement. 2 dead, 10 injured and 2 or 3 missing. This is a major collapse. I've lost count of how many "incidents" there have been on this particular construction. 

 

This whole project needs to be shutdown, investigated and safety checked, and probably hand this over to another contractor to handle if they find that is safe to proceed. Then sue the company handling this so far, enough is enough, this project has been a complete disaster.