A major road collapse in Bangkok’s Dusit district on Wednesday morning created a 50-metre-deep sinkhole near Vajira Hospital, forcing evacuations and causing severe traffic disruptions.
According to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the collapse on Samsen Road occurred at around 6.30 am, disrupting utilities and severely affecting traffic flow in the vicinity.
BMA said initial inspections found that the subsidence occurred near hospital buildings, causing two electricity poles and a forklift truck belonging to the Samsen Metropolitan Police Station to fall into the sinkhole.