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2 killed, 10 hurt as elevated road collapses in Bangkok

An under-construction elevated road segment collapsed onto Luang Phaeng Road in Lat Krabang district on Monday evening. (Screenshot from Nakon45 Facebook page)

Two people died and about ten others were injured when an elevated road section under construction collapsed on Luang Phaeng Road in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district on Monday evening.

An elevated road segment across Wat Polmanee intersection plunged onto the road below at about 6pm.

The 500-metre-long segment is a part of the 2.2-kilometre-long Onnut-Lat Krabang elevated road project  ordered by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

The collapse site stretched from a Lotus’s Lat Krabang branch to Jorakay Noi police station.

An initial investigation found that a crane…

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