Verifying second Thailand crane collapse in 24 hourspublished at 10:40 GMT
10:40 GMT
Sherie Ryder
BBC Verify journalist
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We’ve been looking footage showing a second deadly construction crane collapse in Thailand in just over 24 hours.
Dashcam video from two vehicles driving along a major road in the Samut Sakhon suburb of Bangkok shows part of a bridge, still under construction, collapsing under a falling crane. Two people were killed.
One video’s timestamp indicates the collapse happened at 09:11 local time (02:11 GMT). The clip captures the moment of collapse and a lorry coming to a halt. We’ve also seen footage from that same lorry, which was only a few vehicles away from the crane crashing onto the road.
Reports indicated the collapse happened near the Paris Garden Inn Hotel, so we were able to pinpoint the exact location of the incident by looking at the signs and the large telegraph posts on the side of the road.
The incident in the capital comes a day after a different construction crane fell onto a moving train in north-eastern Thailand, leaving 32 people dead.
Construction works in both incidents are being carried out by the same company, Italian-Thai Development, one of the country’s largest builders.