Ang Thong, Officials rush to clear overpasses. After a tractor-trailer crashed and collapsed, blocking the Asian road. Ready to open a bypass to the northern region This morning (January 7), there was an accident where a tractor-trailer crashed into an overpass in Talat Kruat Subdistrict, Mueang District, Ang Thong Province, until it collapsed and closed all lanes of Asia Road. cause long traffic jams Officials must open a bypass for vehicles traveling to the northern region to use the route along the Ang Thong-Chaiyo Irrigation Canal. temporarily instead to plan to clear the overpass from the road The driver said he drove a gypsum truck from Nakhon Sawan Province to Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. While returning and driving under the overpass, a loud bang was heard. The car lost control and the rear trailer fell off. He was very shocked so he hurried down to look and found that the trailer had been crushed by an overpass and was damaged. Luckily he was not crushed as well. Police basics Mueang Ang Th ong Police Station and highway police Divert vehicles traveling to the northern region to use the Ang Thong-Chaiyo Irrigation Canal route. Due to traffic jams for tens of kilometers By separating to enter from the time of going down Bang Kaeo Bridge, Ban It Subdistrict, Mueang District, Ang Thong Province, before going out to the Asian route again at Mahanam Intersection, Chaiyo District, Ang Thong Province and preparing to coordinate with the Ang Thong Highway Subdistrict to proceed with moving the overpass beams. Damage leaves the route open to traffic. It is expected to last several hours. This is because the overpass beam is very heavy. Therefore, people traveling to the northern region are asked to avoid this route. Mr. Anek Chansombat, Deputy Director of Ang Thong Highway District (Operations Department) revealed that the cause from the initial inquiry was probably due to a fault in the hydraulic system of the trailer causing it to lift up onto the overpass and cause damage. Initially, large cranes and officials from all sectors were coordinated to come up with a plan to first move the collapsed overpass blocking the traffic lane to the side in order to open it for traffic. But it takes a long time to complete. Therefore, we coordinated with both the police and the administrative department to open a special lane from Km. 54+800 in the Talat Kruat Subdistrict area before reaching the scene of the incident and proceeded to Km. 56+900, Chaiyarit Subdistrict, Chaiyo District, Ang Thong Province. To alleviate initial traffic problems before proceeding with moving the damaged overpass and the damage must be assessed again. Expected to be not less than 1 million baht. As for Asian roads in the Ang Thong province area, there has been an incident where a truck was involved in an overpass and collapsed similar to this incident once before. The incident occurred on February 21, 2017, in the area of ??km 50+700 in front of Ang Thong Highway Station, Ban It Subdistrict, Mueang District, Ang Thong Province, where a tra ctor-trailer truck was caught on the bridge causing it to collapse and crush the traveling vehicles. Until 4 people were injured. This incident was only 5 km away from the original. Source: Thai News Agency
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