Accident-prone Thailand: Construction mishaps pile upListen to this articleWorkers from the Expressway Authority of Thailand remove debris left by a collapsed beam from the new elevated expressway above Rama II Road in Bangkok, on March 16, 2025, a day after the accident that killed five workers. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)Dozens of people were killed on Wednesday after a crane collapsed onto a moving train in northeastern Thailand, the ‌latest in a series of construction accidents ​in recent years. November 29, 2024: Six workers — 4 Myanmar nationals and 2 Thais — were killed in Samut Sakhon province in an accident at a ⁠construction site for the elevated motorway. Six people were also ​injured in the incident when a concrete segment and crane collapsed during construction. March 29, 2024: Seven people were killed and several injured, including one who lost a limb, after ​a crane collapsed at a construction site of a Chinese-run steel factory in Rayong province.

Source: Bangkok Post January 14, 2026 14:50 UTC