News Forum - VIDEO: Couple narrowly escapes death as steel beam falls onto Bangkok expressway

[Thaiger]

Dashcam footage the terrifying moment a heavy steel beam fell 20 metres through the air onto a busy expressway in Bangkok. The beam landed just metres in front of an oncoming pickup truck which was flung into the air as the wheels collided with the beam. Miraculously, the couple inside the pickup truck came out of the incident unharmed. The couple’s daughter posted the clip on Twitter on Sunday with the caption… “A steel beam fell from the road which is under construction. It collided with my Mum and Dad’s car, which flew into the air, while they were on […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

Drove there the other day, was only waiting for something to come crashing down on us.

[Faraday]

A nonsensical & rude post has been removed.

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[palooka]

Thailand has laws in place to prevent such incidents occurring, such as the Factory Act 1992, the Building Control Act 1979 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Act 2011. 

All pieces of legislation that in reality mean nothing

[Skip]

All the laws in the world cannot fix stupid disregard...

[Highlandman]

I've always been a bit wary of driving underneath bridges under construction in Thailand. Haven't used Rama 2 road since 2018; will probably stay away until this expressway has been completed. I normally travel south via Nakorn Pathom and Ratchaburi instead.

[Prosaap]

Today they are a motorbike taxy tomorrow work construction with no training ad the thai short cut and dont care mentality  its almost a wonder it not happen more often 

[Ramanathan.P]

It is not about the presence of laws. All boils down to compliance and enforcement with transparency and ownership