PUBLISHED: 23 Mar 2025 at 06: 00
After a beam on the Rama III-Dao Khanong Expressway collapsed last Saturday during construction on Rama II Road, the Ministry of Transport and the Expressway Authority of Thailand ( Exat ) filed civil and criminal charges against the contractor, injuring 24 people and injuring six.
On Friday, Transport Ministry official Krichanont Iyapunya and Exat government Surachet Laophulsuk filed the claims against the vendor and the business involved in the decline.
Outgoing roads were closed as a result of the incident, which partially damaged the 15-meter part of the expressway’s Dao Khanong leave slope, while the email Dao Khanong burden plaza for the Chalerm Maha Nakhon Expressway, which was partially damaged, was reopened on Thursday.
Exat is then accelerating restoration of the damaged area.
Mr. Kritchanont stated that the police had received information for a possible legal action against those concerned, and that the perpetrators, both legally and criminally, would face criminal and civil penalties.
A committee has been established to investigate the decline by looking at transported building materials, imported tools, and work procedures. Laboratories will be used in the research and a review of administrative errors are expected to be included in the investigation’s 20-day completion.
The project’s 7-8 billion baht procurement process has also been closely monitored by the Department of Special Investigation ( DSI).
If proven to be negligent, the offenders may face up to 10 years in prison and a 200, 000 baht good for causing the incidents, or three years in prison and a 60, 000 baht good for causing serious injuries, excluding legal liabilities.
In the interim, the Lawyers Council and the Thailand Consumers Council are looking into ways to help victims of situations on Rama II Road. Over 2, 500 construction-related incidents on this path have occurred in the 50 centuries since the Rama II Road was constructed, according to TCC secretary-general Saree Ongsomwang, resulting in 144 deaths and injuries for 1, 400 people.  ,
She recommended that dying relatives receive lump-sum payment and receive regular compensation for injuries.
Sumet Ongkittikul, the vice president of the Thailand Development Research Institute ( TDRI), demanded an investigation into the construction quality and work supervision of road projects.