Accident Surin: Crane Operator Electrocuted After Hitting High-Voltage Line

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Naewna.

 

A construction site incident has claimed the life of a 30-year-old man after a crane mounted on his truck made fatal contact with a high-voltage power line.

 

The incident occurred at approximately 14:00 on 29 June, along Highway 215 between Tha Tum and Suwannaphum, in the Phon Khrok subdistrict of Tha Tum district, Surin Province.

 

According to reports, the victim, Mr Phongsakorn Kanmalai, a native of Don Chedi district in Suphan Buri Province, was operating a 10-wheeled Isuzu flatbed truck equipped with a crane and used two extended stabiliser legs. The truck was loaded with steel and other construction materials for roadworks underway in the area.

 

Tragedy struck when the crane, which Mr Kanmalai was using to offload materials, swung into a high-voltage overhead cable, resulting in an immediate and lethal electric shock. Emergency responders from the Asadindra Rescue Foundation’s Tha Tum branch were dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, they found Mr Kanmalai’s body near the truck. He had suffered extensive burns to both arms and legs, consistent with high-voltage electrocution, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

Mr Kamon Kanmalai, the victim’s 64-year-old uncle who witnessed the incident, said he had been standing nearby and tried to rush to help his nephew but was unable to reach him in time. He recounted that his nephew had been carefully manoeuvring the crane when it came into contact with the power lines overhead.

 

Officers from Tha Tum Police Station, along with a forensic physician from Tha Tum Hospital, conducted an on-site investigation and the body was sent for an autopsy.

 

Authorities have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Naewna 2025-07-01

 

 

 

 

[ChrisY1]

Sheer stupidity unfortunately...but normal behavior so often for these people.....

[thesetat]

I am curious if these crane operators have any kind of formal training or licensed to operate this type of machinery. Seems to be accidents from cranes often in Thailand. Either falling apart whilst in operation or bad operators.