MPs suspect truck in Sukhumvit Road collapse had bribed cops

Concrete slabs covering the road at the entrance of Soi Sukhumvit 64/1 collapsed under the weight of the truck, which was transporting dirt from a construction site. Two motorbike riders crashed during the incident and needed hospital treatment for their injuries.

The slabs were placed over a section of the road where workers were laying underground power lines.

The truck was extricated six hours later by two cranes, leaving a 5-metre-long hole across three lanes.

Phra Khanong MP Piyarat Chongthep and fellow Move Forward lawmaker Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn visited Phra Khanong police station on Wednesday evening and quizzed deputy traffic chief Pol Lt Col Prakorb Inkate about the incident.

They asked whether the truck’s dirt load had been removed during the salvage mission, pointing out that it was evidence that could show the truck was illegally…