建設中の高架道路が崩落、１人死亡　タイ・バンコク

【バンコクＡＦＰ＝時事】タイ警察は１０日、首都バンコクで建設中の高架道路の一部が崩落し、少なくとも１人が死亡、８人が負傷したと発表した。崩落の瞬間の映像は、ネットで拡散された。（写真はタイ・バンコクのラートクラバンで、建設中の高速道路が崩落した現場の様子）
　事故は１０日午後、バンコク東部ラートクラバン区の高速道路の建設現場で発生。歩行者や乗用車が巻き込まれた。
　災害当局が公開した映像には、高速道路の未完成部分に設置された金属製の桁が揺れた後、地面に落下する様子が捉えられている。
　バンコクのチャッチャート・シッティパン都知事は報道陣に対し、今のところ事故原因は不明だと述べた。行方不明者はいないと見られ、負傷者のうち４人が重体だという。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/07/11-16:31）

At least one person has died after a huge construction girder over a busy road collapsed in the Thai capital Bangkok, police said Monday, with videos of the terrifying incident rapidly shared online.
The massive metal girder on the Lat Krabang Tollway construction project to the east of the city crumpled to the ground late Monday afternoon, catching pedestrians and drivers unaware.
It is part of a project to build elevated highways in an attempt to ease the city's notoriously congested traffic.
In a video shared by the country's Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, the enormous metal platform -- connected to unfinished parts of the highway -- wobbles and then plummets to the earth.
At least one person had died with as many as eight injured, police said.
We do not know yet what caused the accident, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt told reporters late Monday at the scene.
We do not have any info about missing people yet, he said, adding that four of those injured were in serious condition.
Chadchart said rescuers would wait for engineers to analyse the collapse before starting operations.
We prioritise safety first. We will start searching carefully, he said.
A clip shared online by a rescue worker shows the aftermath of the collapse, with sirens blaring as shocked residents and bystanders survey the damage.
The wrecked girder -- and much of the under-construction highway it also brought down -- can be seen blocking the street.
Rescue workers swarmed over the debris, with crushed vans and cars just visible. As night fell, rescuers could still be seen among the rubble.
Thailand has a poor construction safety record, with accidents a common occurrence.
In 2016, at least 13 people died after a building caved in during construction.
The incident brought renewed protest from labour groups, who had long warned about lax safety standards and low wages at Thai construction sites.