Bangkok, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six people were killed and nine others injured after a crane collapsed at a construction site near the Thai capital Bangkok on Friday, authorities said.
The accident occurred early on Friday when a launching gantry crane and concrete segments of an under-construction elevated expressway collapsed in central Thailand's Samut Sakhon province, a local public relations office reported.
In a social media post, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra expressed her deepest condolences to the bereaved families, Xinhua news agency reported.
Paetongtarn said that the government would establish a committee to investigate the accident and closely monitor the work of private contractors to prevent similar accidents from reoccurring.
Source: IANS
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