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Bangkok Post

By Jon Fernquest
A pedestrian bridge across Highway 334 in Ang Thong in central Thailand collapsed after it was hit by a truck carrying a load that was too big to pass under the bridge, on Tuesday.
A backhoe (a piece of equipment used for digging and excavation at construction sites) loaded on a long 22-wheel truck struck the pedestrian bridge as the truck passed underneath.
The road accident injured one person and damaged several cars.

The collapsed bridge blocked one side of the highway, bringing traffic to a halt.
An entire span of the walkway (pedestrian bridge) fell on to the highway.
Some vehicles were trapped and one person was reported injured.
The accident occurred about 11am near kilometre marker 50 in tambon Tha It of Ang Thong’s Muang district, in front of a petrol station on the North-bound side of the highway.
No further details were available.
The question that still remains unanswered is: was the truck carrying too much or was the bridge built too low?
The accident bears an uncanny resemblance to an accident outside of Don Muang Airport not so long ago when the load that a truck was carrying hit and damaged the pedestrian bridge outside the airport.

Although this week’s accident is arguably more freakish than most, more horrific accidents
accidents involving construction equipment involved out of control cement trucks in Chiang Rai and Krabi killing twelve people in total a week or so ago.

Sometimes, drivers escape miraculously unscathed from horrific construction equipment accidents as was the case in a cement truck crushing a taxi cab accident.

 
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Backhoe loaded on back of truck hit pedestrian bridge bringing it down. Photo: the Facebook page of Chaeng Khao Sarn Ang Thong.

A cement truck hit the back of a taxi waiting for a green light and pushed it under a public bus, crushing the taxi. Photo: trafficradiofm91 Facebook.

The wreckage of the van hit by a cement truck in Chiang Rai. Photos: Facebook of NattyRescue ChiangRai.

Passing motorcyclists look at the 22-wheel truck after the accident. The failed hydraulic system that controls the truck bed can be seen projecting up from the truck bed. Photo: Bangkok Post

Vehicles trapped underneath a span from the collapsed walkway across the main highway after it was hit by the high load of a truck passing underneath it. Photo: Ang Thong province's community Facebook page Chaeng Khao Sarn Ang Thong.

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One person injured and several cars damaged after supposedly overloaded truck hits highway pedestrian bridge in the central Thai province of Ang Thong


Bridge collapses on highway in Thailand when hit by truck

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}One person injured and several cars damaged after supposedly overloaded truck hits highway pedestrian bridge in the central Thai province of Ang Thong

One person injured and several cars damaged after supposedly overloaded truck hits highway pedestrian bridge in the central Thai province of Ang Thong