Rupture of water pipe during excavation work blamed for incident in Samut SakhonListen to this articleThe front right wheel of a pickup truck is stuck in a sinkhole that was created after a section of Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon subsided following the rupture of a pipeline on Saturday morning. (Photo: Samut Sakhon Municipality)SAMUT SAKHON - A section of Rama II Road inbound to Bangkok subsided on Saturday morning, leaving a hole into which a passing pickup truck fell. A pickup truck travelling along the route fell into the collapsed section, with its front right wheel stuck in the hole. The break occurred during excavation work to connect pipelines and restore the road surface, Mr Phiphat said. Saturday’s incident was not far from the scene of a deadly collapse on Thursday, when two people were killed after parts of a crane used for the construction of an expressway bridge fell onto two vehicles travelling on Rama II Road, the main route connecting Bangkok with southern Thailand.

Source: Bangkok Post January 17, 2026 05:58 UTC