A fortuitously parked ferry was the only thing that stopped a truck carrying 24 tonnes of seafood from plunging into the sea after a boat ramp collapsed Friday on Koh Samui.
The steel beams on one of two ramps at the Seatran Ferry Co terminal broke at about 5am as the ten-wheeled Pornpisanu Co truck was rolling across it to a ferry bound for Don Sak district in mainland Surat Thani province.
(Photo by Supapong Chaolan)
Its seafood cargo worth, about 1 million baht, was destined for Samut Sakhon province.
Seatran manager Sompong Sandee said the incident happened after about 20 other vehicles had traversed the ramp onto the vessel.
As the ramp collapsed, the seafood truck slid down toward the water, but the ferry's hull stopped it from returning the fish to the sea. No one was injured in the incident.
Mr Sompong said his company would quickly retrieve the truck and repair the ramp and passenger services could continue at another ramp, he said.