Accident Another Rama II Incident: Driver Injured as Large Concrete Slab Falls onto Pickup Truck

[Georgealbert]

 

Pictures courtesy of Khoasod.

 

Yet another incident has occurred on Rama II Road. A pickup truck driver, travelling normally in the express lane beneath an elevated highway, was injured after a large concrete slab fell onto his vehicle.

 

At around 07:40 on 29 April, the Sri Samut Radio Centre, operated by the Samut Sakhon Charity Foundation, received a report of an incident on the outbound lanes of Rama II Road, under the elevated road into Bangkok. Rescue personnel were immediately dispatched to the scene.

 

 

Upon arrival, responders found a pickup truck pulled over on the right-hand shoulder. The male driver had sustained injuries, including a laceration beneath his chin and abrasions to his chest and left arm, believed to have been caused by the impact.

Preliminary reports indicate that the driver was travelling normally when a large piece of concrete suddenly fell onto the windscreen of his vehicle, causing the injuries. It is suspected that the concrete slab fell from construction works related to the Rama II expressway project.

 

Rescue teams provided emergency first aid at the scene before transporting the injured driver to Vibharam Samut Sakhon Hospital for further treatment.

 

Authorities are investigating the source of the fallen concrete.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khoasod 2025-04-29.

 

 

 

 

[smedly]

more Chinese subpar construction work perhaps

[Georgealbert]

UPDATE
Man Dies After Concrete Slab Falls on Pickup Truck on Rama II 

 

Picture courtesy of SiamRath.

 

A 46-year-old man has died after being critically injured on 29 April, when a concrete slab fell from an elevated roadway onto his pickup truck along the outbound side of Rama II Road.

 

The victim, identified as Mr Amnat, suffered severe internal injuries including liver damage and internal bleeding after the slab crashed down on his vehicle near a flyover leading into central Bangkok. Emergency services rushed to the scene, and he was taken to hospital for urgent treatment.

 

His condition deteriorated and he later succumbed to his injuries. The confirmation of his death was shared publicly via a Facebook post by Mr Natthapong Sumonotham, Member of Parliament for Samut Sakhon’s District 1 from the People’s Party.

 

“It is a sad piece of news that none of us ever wanted to hear,” Mr Natthapong wrote. “Amnat’s younger brother called to inform me that he has passed away. My deepest condolences go out to his family.”

 

Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, focusing on the safety of ongoing roadworks and infrastructure in the area. An official stated that initial investigation suggests that the block fell from the existing structure, not the new under construction works.

 

The incident has prompted renewed public concerns over construction safety along Rama II Road, a major route often plagued by infrastructure issues and frequent accidents.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from SiamRath 2025-04-30.

 

 

 

[spidermike007]

That highway is an absolute abomination, heads should be rolling and company executives should be imprisoned.

 

The fact that the delays are allowed to continue and the public safety is being ignored, is nothing short of a national tragedy. 

[Trip Hop]

If this is from an existing structure things like this don't happen immediately and cracks would have been visible first.

 

I'm not sure how close this is to the ongoing works but in the west when we are building anything similar near to existing structures, they are inspected regularly as well as being continually monitored for the slightest movement.  A similar process here could no doubt have saved this man's life as well as others. 

[blix99]

Appalling. Years of fatal accidents on this project…can not believe it is allowed to continue!!!!

[Thumbs]

The owner did jail time for illegal hunting and killing a leopard, how many thai and Myanmar workers and members of the public is he and his company responsible for killing now? Seems like every month there is another health and safety failure but no serious investigation and stoppage of work only in thailand would this be allowed 

[hanbla]

We drove there a couple of hours after the incident. I was thinking "I really hope they've secured everything after the bridge fell down" When we came home my wife told me she was praying quietly.. and then we heard of this incredible incident. May the poor man RIP.

[factual monk]

Rama II road is spooked... 👻 

[Chris BKK]

Death Highway

[Purdey]

And still the construction company is allowed to continue their botch job. When is is complete, for how many years must drivers expect to have concrete fall on them?

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

An official stated that initial investigation suggests that the block fell from the existing structure, not the new under construction works.

That's worrying....

[Yagoda]

Just curious if anybody knows, maybe @Crossy, in laymens terms what are the differences in concrete/rebar between the USA and Thailand. In other words, how in the west would we view the materials being used

[richard_smith237]

I wonder whether this has anything to do with the Earthquake which was amplified in Bangkok....

 

Bangkok's elevated expressways and tollways handled this well - The Rama II elevated expressway under-construction handled this well - as soon as the quake hit, I expected news from this project.

 

I wonder if there was some damage which went un-inspected and given a few weeks weakened further with tragic consequences.

 

 

In other nations - vehicles would not be permitted to travel under an elevated road under construction, but at the same time, such construction would cause widespread delays and traffic mayhem.

 

Another facet of this through, is how many have already died - its seems there are failings at so many levels of supervision and also inspection (or lack thereof).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rwill]

Some of my family that live in Bangkok go out of the way to avoid that road.  They think it is cursed.

 

They need to hold people accountable for this.  Not the workers the higher ups.  Too many protected families here.

[arick]

Again again again again 

[PB172111]

2 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Just curious if anybody knows, maybe @Crossy, in laymens terms what are the differences in concrete/rebar between the USA and Thailand. In other words, how in the west would we view the materials being used

Have to say that there are a lot of worldwide bridge collapses. The US has had its fair share to be honest. However, this section of the bridge does suffer from poor construction. I do wonder how much damage was caused by the recent tremors from the Myanmar earthquake.

[PB172111]

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I wonder whether this has anything to do with the Earthquake which was amplified in Bangkok....

 

Bangkok's elevated expressways and tollways handled this well - The Rama II elevated expressway under-construction handled this well - as soon as the quake hit, I expected news from this project.

 

I wonder if there was some damage which went un-inspected and given a few weeks weakened further with tragic consequences.

 

 

In other nations - vehicles would not be permitted to travel under an elevated road under construction, but at the same time, such construction would cause widespread delays and traffic mayhem.

 

Another facet of this through, is how many have already died - its seems there are failings at so many levels of supervision and also inspection (or lack thereof).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apologies, I echoed you thoughts 🙏

[Alexjkr]

Why does the email notification say "Man Dies After Concrete Slab Falls on Pickup Truck on Rama II". I read the whole article waiting for the bit where he died of his injuries but it only mentions injured.

[metisdead]

9 minutes ago, Alexjkr said:

Why does the email notification say "Man Dies After Concrete Slab Falls on Pickup Truck on Rama II". I read the whole article waiting for the bit where he died of his injuries but it only mentions injured.

 

There was an UPDATE posted above:

 

Man Dies After Concrete Slab Falls on Pickup Truck on Rama II

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

That highway is an absolute abomination, heads should be rolling and company executives should be imprisoned.

 

The fact that the delays are allowed to continue and the public safety is being ignored, is nothing short of a national tragedy. 

 

Thailand's own Deaths Highway!

 

[Alexjkr]

9 minutes ago, metisdead said:

 

There was an UPDATE posted above:

 

Man Dies After Concrete Slab Falls on Pickup Truck on Rama II

 

Seen it now.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Another facet of this through, is how many have already died - its seems there are failings at so many levels of supervision and also inspection (or lack thereof).

 

And each and every time as with the latest case, the authorities say an INVESTIGATION will be launched...

 

But AFAIK, we've never heard what the actual findings were from any of the prior fatalities/investigations there.... And we certainly haven't heard of anyone actually being held responsible for the myriad of failings/deaths there.

 

[Negita43]

Just for fun:

This is a 11 character anagram of investigation not quite the full 13 but very apposite

negationist - definition
- noun
1.	negationist -- One who revises history in order to omit something that actually happened.
	Source:Wiktionary

[Mike_Hunt]

Rama II is a criminal enterprise at this point.