A crane collapsed early Saturday morning at a construction site on Rama II Road, a major highway linking Bangkok to southern Thailand, resulting in the deaths of at least four workers and injuries to dozens more.
According to the AFP, authorities confirmed that rescue teams were working to recover a fifth person believed to be trapped under the wreckage.
“We have retrieved four bodies, but one remains trapped in the debris,” senior police official Sayam Boonsom stated at the scene. “The fifth person is presumed dead.”
Among those killed, three were identified as Thai nationals, police said. The exact cause of the collapse remains under investigation.
An eyewitness described the moment the crane came down, saying he heard two loud bangs before witnessing the structure crash to the ground. “Workers were pouring cement when it happened,” he told Thairath TV.
Construction site accidents are not uncommon in Thailand, where weak enforcement of safety standards has led to repeated tragedies.
In November last year, a crane collapse in Samut Sakhon killed three workers and injured 10 others. A similar incident in March 2024 claimed seven lives at a factory site east of Bangkok.
In another major accident in 2023, at least two people were killed and a dozen others injured when a partially built road bridge collapsed in the capital.
