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Road collapse causes major jams in Thailand after pickup falls into sinkhole
- A section of Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon collapsed on January 17, causing a pickup truck to fall into a sinkhole and creating severe traffic jams in both directions.
- The collapse created a hole about the width of a vehicle, alarming motorists shortly after 6:30 am, as reported by the Facebook page Samut Sakhon Press.
- Deputy Prime Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn stated that a ruptured 1,000-millimeter diameter water transmission pipe caused the subsidence during excavation work.
- Authorities advised drivers to avoid the area due to heavy congestion and issued an emergency announcement about disrupted water supply by the Samut Sakhon Municipality.
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AlKhaleej TodayOne truck, one burst pipe, and a Bangkok traffic nightmare on Rama II Road
SAMUT SAKHON, Jan 17 — A massive traffic jam snarled the Rama II Road inbound to Bangkok this morning after a pickup truck partially fell into a hole caused by a ruptured underground water pipe, Thai media reported.The incident happened around 7am outside a construction materials shop in Maha Chai, leaving the grey-black Isuzu D-Max front-first in a hole about 1-metre wide and 1-metre deep, forcing police to close part of the lane, The Bangkok P…
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A pickup truck driver recounted the moment his vehicle fell into a sinkhole on Rama 2 Road, inbound to Bangkok, about 1 km from the collapsed garage site. A large water pipe was found to have burst, causing a widespread water outage.
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