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Up to 10 people likely to be charged in Ayutthya bridge collapse: Police
The Nation

AYUTTHAYA: -- Ayutthaya police on Thursday concluded the charges that will be filed against individuals involved in the collapse of a suspension bridge that killed five people in the province's Tha Rua district in April.

Police have completed interviews of witnesses and wounded victims from the April 29 bridge collapse, provincial police deputy chief Pol Col Wutthipong Phetchkamnerd said. It is expected that charges will be filed against between 7 and 10 people in about one week, although the names of the suspects cannot be revealed as yet.

An informed source reported that about five people at Tambon Tha Luang Municipality including mayor, deputy mayor, public works division head, municipality legal official and the contractor company manager as well as those at the province’s public works and city planning division office would face a charge of recklessness causing death and injury.

In addition to those involved in the bridge collapse, police investigators who were probed for allegedly putting faulty information in case report might also be punished, the source said.

On Wednesday, Assistant National Police Commissioner Lt Gen Jaramporn Suramanee reported that substandard slings had been used for the construction of the bridge.

The slings were designed to carry a maximum weight of just 14.664 tonnes, while the construction project specification indicated that the slings should have been able to hold a weight of between 23.9 and 25.9 tonnes.


-- The Nation 2013-07-25

In addition to those involved in the bridge collapse, police investigators who were probed for allegedly putting faulty information in case report might also be punished, the source said.

If the word allegedly turns out to be used unnecessarily, chances of the word might may turn into will.

I predict 0 people will go to jail as usual

I predict 0 people will go to jail as usual

I predict you will be right.

I predict 0 people will go to jail as usual

I predict you will be right.

Someone will have to go to jail for this, otherwise there will be many people being angry for an hour or two.

What's the deal with the allegation that some police had put false information into their report???

I don't remember hearing anything about that element of the case before...

But not that that would be a particularly surprising thing to occur.

The contractor should do time for doing a substandard job AND the guy who he had to bribe to get the job should also serve time. Sadly I doubt either one will...

What are they all talking about in the report? Static or Dynamic loads?

That covers those responsible for issuing permits and the construction itself. Will whoever pocketed the difference in the cost of the substandard slings also be charged with corruption?