Section of Sukhumvit Road collapses
published : 8 Nov 2023 at 14:39
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A steel slab covering a large hole on Sukhumvit Road collapsed under the weight of a truck in Bangkok on Wednesday, causing traffic congestion.
The road surface near Soi Sukhumvit 64/1 caved in as a heavy truck passed over it about 11.45am. Two people were injured and were rushed to a nearby hospital, police said.
Traffic on the three inbound lanes was brought to a halt, causing a traffic jam that extended back to Bang Na intersection.
Police advised motorists to avoid the area.
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Vocabulary
- avoid: to stay away from a place; to try to prevent something from happening - หลีกเลี่ยง
- cave in: to fall down and towards the centre - ยุบตัว, พังทลาย
- collapse: to suddenly fall down - ล้มลง
- congestion: a situation in which a place is crowded with people or vehicles - แน่นขนัดไปด้วยรถหรือคน
- halt: a stop - หยุดนิ่ง
- inbound: travelling towards a particular point, particularly into a city - ขาเข้า (opposite of outbound ขาออก)
- injured (adj): hurt in an accident, natural disaster, attack, etc. - ได้รับบาดเจ็บ
- section: any of the parts into which something is divided - ส่วน
- slab: a large flat piece of something or a large flat surface - แผ่นหนา
- surface: the outside or top layer of something - ผิวหน้า, ผิวภายนอก, ด้านนอก
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