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Heavy machinery led to road collapse, initial probe finds

An elevated section along Luang Phaeng Road in Lat Krabang district collapsed on Monday, killing two people and injuring 12. It was part of the 2.2-km-long Onnut-Lat Krabang elevated road project. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has said preliminary investigations indicate that heavy equipment lifting a concrete segment caused the collapse of an elevated road under construction on Luang Phaeng Road on Monday evening, killing two people and injuring 12 others.

The collapsed 600-metre section — stretching from Lotus’s Lat Krabang branch to Jorakay Noi police station — is part of the 2.2-kilometre-long On Nut-Lat Krabang elevated road project.

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