"A crane collapse has killed two people on the outskirts of Thailand's capital Bangkok, one day after a falling crane in the country's northeast killed 32. Thursday's accident in Samut Sakhon province involved a crane being used to construct an elevated highway that fell onto the road below, Police Colonel Sitthiporn Kasi, superintendent at the local district police station, told the Reuters news agency. Another police official from the station told Reuters that five people had also been injured in the accident."
"Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said the same building firm was also involved, linking Italian-Thai Development to the country's second deadly crane collapse in two days, according to local media. The company was contracted to build a section of a China-backed high-speed rail project where a huge crane collapsed on Wednesday in Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast of Bangkok."
"On Wednesday, the crane involved was being used to build an elevated track as part of a joint Thai-Chinese high-speed rail project, according to reports. The crane fell onto a moving train below, causing it to derail and briefly catch fire. Transport Minister Ratchakitprakarn said in a statement that 195 passengers were on board the train and he had ordered a full investigation."
Two crane collapses in Thailand occurred within two days, one killing 32 people in Nakhon Ratchasima province and another killing two on the outskirts of Bangkok. The Bangkok-area accident in Samut Sakhon involved a crane building an elevated highway that fell onto a road, injuring five. Transport authorities linked both incidents to Italian-Thai Development, contracted on a China-backed high-speed rail project. The earlier collapse struck an elevated track and caused a train to derail and briefly catch fire with 195 passengers aboard. The Rama II Expressway location has hosted multiple major projects and deadly accidents, earning the nickname Death Road. Officials ordered a full investigation.
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