Sukhumvit Road is now open for traffic. After repairing the collapsed well cover was completed.

Bangkok, An electrical conduit manhole cover in the middle of Sukhumvit Road collapsed, swallowing half a 10-wheel truck carrying dirt. As recently as this morning (Nov. 9), traffic has opened normally, while the Police Commander has ordered the establishment of a committee to investigate the facts of police in the area allowing overloaded trucks to receive tribute stickers or not.

Progress on the well cover incident in the Metropolitan Electricity Authority's project to bring electrical wires into the ground. It collapsed in the middle of the road. At the entrance of Sukhumvit Soi 64/1, a 10-wheel truck carrying dirt was almost completely submerged. The incident occurred around noon yesterday (Nov. 8). Initially, it is believed that the cause was due to the truck being overweight. This caused the steel beam below the concrete slab to break. As a result, traffic in and around Sukhumvit Road was paralyzed for more than 7 hours.

Last night at 11 p.m., traffic police at Phra Khanong Police Station opened traffic in the area where the incident happened. After MEA's underground electrical wiring contractor came to install a steel frame to support the bent load. until confident in safety Therefore, traffic is open as usual. As for the scene of the incident, there will be heavy traffic only during rush hour in the morning. Because it is the route into the city that picks up the car from Burapha Withi Road. and Bangna-Trad Road which is a car coming from the coast Samut Prakan Province

However, in the Sukhumvit Road section There are many potholes that operate in this way. By the scene of the incident The contractor just opened the hole. and went down to work on November 3rd Then the hole was closed. Until an accident As for the car that was involved in the latest accident, police confiscated it and took it to the police station and scooped up the dirt that had fallen into the hole and returned it to the car. to wait for time to be weighed To see if the load is overloaded or not.

Governor of Bangkok orders construction site survey Overloaded or not?

While Mr. Chatchart Sitthiphan, Governor of Bangkok Order all district offices to carefully survey construction sites to see if there is a trend of excess trucks or not. He also urged contractors for every project to take good care of the temporary structures they are responsible for. He admitted that Bangkok does not have a scale to measure the weight of trucks in the city. But the future must have Revealed that they are accelerating the study of technology to use in detecting overweight trucks. installed on bridge to be used as evidence against guilt

As for the sticker tribute issue, Bangkok was not involved. Because I didn't look at the weight of the car. Arrests are mainly made by the police. While the municipality has the authority Cleanliness Act: Covering the cloth with soil falling or soil falling, is it dirty or not? But from now on, there must be 3 parties, namely the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the police, and the highways, to strictly cooperate together. Ready to emphasize that after this, confidence must be built. because similar events happened next to each other Both in the area of Soi Sukhumvit 64/1 and in the outbound Narachaprarop area. Makkasan - Chaturathit intersection area

Mr. Apichart Phairungruang, president of the Transport Federation of Thailand, came out to state that the road collapse at Sukhumvit It is certain that tribute will be paid. Because there are many intersections in Bangkok and there are officers. If you do not wear such a sticker, you will be required to be inspected and parked at all times. Therefore, it must be cleared for convenience. and believed that many points and various agencies needed to be cleared up, but he could not speak. Relevant officials must go and check for themselves. I see that this is not the first time. Previously, the incident occurred at Ratchaprarop and it was understood that it was the same owner as the incident at Sukhumvit 64, and what was worrying was Bridges across various rivers There is no weighing station at all. If it's damaged or if it comes up like it happens in foreign countries, it's very dangerous. I appeal to people who have to use the road together with trucks to be careful. Because each truck's skills are different.

Ordered to investigate the area where the overloaded trucks were released and whether they really received the tribute or not.

Most recently, Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti Saengsang, commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, ordered Pol. Col. Wittawat Chinkham, Rt. Commander of Region 5 investigated the facts of the incident. After information appeared that the truck involved in the accident had a star-shaped sticker on the front of the vehicle with the letter B in green, it made one wonder if it was related to the sticker tribute or not. Pol.Col. Wittawat Therefore signed the order of the Metropolitan Police Division 5 No. 348/ 2023 regarding the appointment of a committee to investigate the matter in question, assigning Pol. Col. Phopthorn Jitman, deputy commander of the 5th Division, to be the chairman of the committee to examine the facts. The consideration of this matter must be completed within 3 days.

Source: Thai News Agency