Last 2 workers trapped in collapsed tunnel found dead

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Volunteers are attempting to restore body.

PUBLISHED: 30 Aug 2024 at 09: 31

Workers ride in a pickup truck to enter the collapsed tunnel in Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, to retrieve the bodies of the two Chinese workers. (Photo: States Railway of Thailand Facebook account)
Workers in Pak Chong area, Nakhon Ratchasima state, ride in a delivery truck to fetch the bodies of the two Chinese workers in the collapsed pipe. ( Photo: States Railway of Thailand Facebook account )

On Friday day, two more carcasses of workers who had been stranded in a high-speed road tunnel in Nakhon Ratchasima were found.

Ekkarat Sriarayanpong, chief of the State Railway of Thailand ( SRT ) governor’s office, stated that the bodies, both Chinese nationals, were found about three metres from the location where the first victim was discovered. &nbsp,

The subjects were identified as Hu Xiangmin, a superintendent, and Tong Xinlin, a shovel operator. When the pipe collapsed on Saturday nights, they were working inside it.

Mr. Ekkarat reported that charity organizations, including the SRT, China’s Hunan Sunshine, and rescue teams from the SRT are attempting to get the body from the hole. &nbsp,

The two Chinese workers ‘ revelation comes a day after the body of another Myanmar employee who was trapped was discovered. The collapse occurred about 1.5 miles from the gate of the four-kilometre-long hole, near Khlong Khanan Chit coach stop in Pak Chong area, Nakhon Ratchasima.

The Sino-Thai high-speed railway, which runs between Bangkok and Nong Khai state, which borders Laos, is connected by the hole.