Crane collapse on road kills two

Meanwhile, a construction crane collapsed on a major highway project south of Bangkok on Thursday, killing two people and injuring two others, officials said, prompting the government to threaten a nationwide suspension of similar projects.

The accident occurred on Rama 2 Road in Samut Sakhon province at an elevated expressway site managed by Italian-Thai Development PCL, according to local authorities. Emergency services used heavy-duty cranes to lift concrete slabs and twisted metal from a vehicle crushed in the incident to recover the victims’ bodies.