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A pedestrian bridge across Highway 334 in Ang Thong in central Thailand collapsed after it was hit by a truck carrying a load that was too big to pass under the bridge, on Tuesday.
A backhoe (a piece of equipment used for digging and excavation at construction sites) loaded on a long 22-wheel truck struck the pedestrian bridge as the truck passed underneath.
The road accident injured one person and damaged several cars.
The collapsed bridge blocked one side of the highway, bringing traffic to a halt.
An entire span of the walkway (pedestrian bridge) fell on to the highway.
Some vehicles were trapped and one person was reported injured.
The accident occurred about 11am near kilometre marker 50 in tambon Tha It of Ang Thong’s Muang district, in front of a petrol station on the North-bound side of the highway.
No further details were available.
The question that still remains unanswered is: was the truck carrying too much or was the bridge built too low?
The accident bears an uncanny resemblance to an accident outside of Don Muang Airport not so long ago when the load that a truck was carrying hit and damaged the pedestrian bridge outside the airport.
Although this week’s accident is arguably more freakish than most, more horrific accidents
accidents involving construction equipment involved out of control cement trucks in Chiang Rai and Krabi killing twelve people in total a week or so ago.
Sometimes, drivers escape miraculously unscathed from horrific construction equipment accidents as was the case in a cement truck crushing a taxi cab accident.
(BANGKOK POST)
