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Damaged ball bearings blamed for monorail wheel’s fall

A Yellow Line train travels above Lat Phrao Road. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Defective ball-bearings caused a train wheel to fall from the elevated Yellow Line monorail onto a taxi on Tuesday evening, according to the monorail operator.

Eastern Bangkok Monorail Co (EBM) said the accident occurred at 6.21pm on Tuesday.  A guide wheel fell off a train and onto Thepharak Road between Si Thepha and Thipphawan stations.

The company statement said that ball-bearings inside…

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