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Fatal Back-to-Back Crane Failures Tied to Italian-Thai Construction Firm, Says Minister
Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn attributed two fatal crane collapses to Italian-Thai Development, with 32 dead in the rail accident, prompting halted construction and investigations.
- On Wednesday, a massive launching gantry crane collapsed onto a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, derailing it and killing 32 of nearly 200 people on board.
- Italian-Thai Development has faced repeated safety incidents, with several deadly accidents in recent years and delays on the Rama II Expressway, nicknamed "Death Road".
- Rescue workers and residents described chaotic scenes as the crane operator, who was Thai, fell and died during Wednesday's accident with around 10 workers on site, 28-year-old waitress Penporn Poomrateuk told AFP.
- The nation's rail operator ordered Italian-Thai to halt construction until an investigation is completed, and Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said all parties, including a Chinese consultancy company, would be held accountable.
- On Thursday, a highway construction crane collapse near Bangkok killed two people, and Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn linked Italian-Thai Development to the second deadly collapse in two days.
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Fatal back-to-back crane failures tied to same Thai firm: minister
The collapse of a highway construction crane killed two people near Bangkok on Thursday, with a Thai minister saying the building firm was also involved in a crane failure the day before that left 32 dead.
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