Busy riverside food pavilion collapses
published : 17 Jul 2019 at 00:06
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
SAMUT SONGKHRAM: A popular old food pavilion collapsed into the Mae Klong river in Muang district during lunch hour on Tuesday. Twenty-three people were hurt and three were missing.
The pavilion was reported to be decades old. It stood beside a ferry pier near Wat Phet Samut Worawihan and well-known Talad Rom Hub, or Mae Klong Railway Market, in tambon Mae Klong - until the entire structure slid down the bank and into the river about 12.45pm.
Rescue workers rushed to the scene, pulled 23 injured people from the river and sent them to a local hospital. The injured included a girl and a boy, according to the local branch of the Public Relations Department.
Divers were searching for two women and a schoolboy who were reported missing. They were identified as Mrs Sureeporn Urachuen, Miss Pornpilai Suealek and Khao Tu, a student at Wat Pom Kaew School in Muang district.
The Muang municipal office set up a disaster response centre at its auditorium to help victims.
The pavilion before its collapse. (Capture from Google Street View)
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- auditorium: a large room or building used for meetings, lectures, or public performances - หอประชุม
- decades: periods of ten years - เป็นสิบๆปี
- disaster: an extremely bad situation - ความโชคร้าย
- diver: a person who works underwater, usually with special equipment - นักดำน้ำ
- injured (adj): hurt in an accident, natural disaster, attack, etc. - ได้รับบาดเจ็บ
- pavilion (noun): a small building or tent where people can sit. - พลับพลา, ปะรำ, ศาลา
- response: a reaction to something that has happened or been said - การตอบสนอง
- slide (past form: slid): to move easily over a smooth or wet surface; to make something move in this way - ลื่น, (ทำให้) ลื่น,ไถล
- structure: something large such as a building or a bridge that is built from different parts - โครงสร้าง