Canal-side walkway collapses, 8 injured
published : 25 Aug 2020 at 14:10
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Sutthiwit Chayutworakan
SAMUT PRAKAN: Eight people were injured, two seriously, and several boats were sunk when a crowded concrete walkway along the bank of a canal collapsed during a boat race on Monday.
Police said the incident occurred about 4pm when a large number of people were on the 1-metre-wide elevated concrete walkway watching the race.
A 10m-section of the bridge suddenly collapsed under the weight of the spectators, dumping many people into the canal amid a shower of broken concrete.
Eight people, most of them sitting in boats under the walkway, were injured by the falling rubble, two of them seriously. Five were admitted to hospital, two with serious injuries and three with moderate injuries.
Five boats moored under the walkway were sunk by the falling concrete slabs.
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Vocabulary
- collapse: to fall down suddenly - พังลงมา ล้ม, พังครืน
- concrete: a hard substance used in building made by mixing cement, sand, small stones, and water - คอนกรีต
- elevated: raised above the ground, or higher than the surrounding area - ซึ่งอยู่ในระดับที่สูงกว่าสิ่งอื่น
- moderate: neither very great nor very small in strength, size, amount or degree - ระดับปานกลาง
- rubble: broken pieces of stone and brick from building, walls, etc., that have been destroyed - ซากปรักหักพัง
- sunk (past of sink): having fallen to the bottom river, lake, sea, etc. - จมอยู่ใต้น้ำ
- walkway (noun): footpath, pavement, sidewalk - ทางเดินเท้า, ทางเท้า
- Keywords
- walkway
- concrete walkway
- concrete
- people
