[kellyhound]

A crane collapsed onto a road near Thailand's capital on Thursday, crushing two vehicles and killing two people a day after a similar accident in the northeast caused the derailing of a train and the deaths of 32 passengers.

Thailand's transport minister said construction firm Italian-Thai Development PCL (ITD.BK), opens new tab, whose crane fell onto the train in northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province a day earlier, was also involved in the crane accident near Bangkok.

Thursday's incident took place in Samut Sakhon province, where the crane, which was being used in building an elevated highway, fell onto the road beneath and crushed two cars, according to local police, who said two people were also injured.

It was the latest in a series of fatal accidents caused by construction projects in Thailand, several involving Italian-Thai, including the collapse of a partially-built Bangkok tower last year that killed at least 89 people during a 7.7-magnitude earthquake and led to charges of negligence against 23 people, its president among those.

Italian-Thai declined to immediately comment on the latest incident and did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Images from the scene showed a mangled green crane and huge pieces of concrete that had crushed the vehicles below.

Video showed cars reversing to avoid the wreckage amid a cloud of dust from the collapsed concrete.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who was once president of his family's construction firm Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction, said two incidents showed it was time for more action to ensure safety.

"We have to fix the law," said Anutin, who had visited the site of the train disaster in the northeast on Wednesday.

"Instead of telling agencies to do this or that, we have to have a meeting and we will have to do something."

Thailand, Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy, has been undergoing significant infrastructure development, from elevated highways and high-speed rail lines to major expansion of its elevated rail network in Bangkok.

(Pics from both incidents)

[rohmell]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

"We have to fix the law," said Anutin

No, you have to fix your fucking cranes so that they don't come crashing down on people.

[Mr.NoCredit]

It looked to me like it was being transported, not in use but at rest horizontally. The road looked like it just collapsed from the weight.

[akham]

The video of it happening is pretty scary. Not much you can do if you are caught in that situation.

[kbt3168]

“So we don’t need these extra beams?”

[spudigitti]

[William May]

Originally Posted by rohmell ↗

No, you have to fix your fucking cranes so that they don't come crashing down on people.

It's Thailand, so it's more like: "The clanes come clashing down!"