A massive concrete beam weighing about 40 tonnes fell off a lorry on inbound Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in Chatuchak district on Monday morning, causing widespread congestion in the area as workers prepared to remove the fallen beam.
No injuries were reported.
Police said the huge beam fell from a 34-wheel lorry as it drove on the curved two-lane on-ramp to an interchange flyover across Vibhavadi Rangsit Road towards Kamphaeng Phet Road at about 1am. The beam was to be used for the construction of an electric railway.
The bottleneck slowed traffic in the area. Police said that contractors would need two large cranes to remove the beam, and the road would have to be closed for about four hours. The ramp was closed from 10.30am for the removal, and reopened at about 3.40pm.
Driver Pradit Jobdee, 44, said the beam fell off his lorry after a chain that was holding it snapped. He was transporting the beam to a construction site for the Red Line project near Mo Chit station.
He was charged with reckless driving causing damage.