Crane accident leaves Rama III area without power
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Residents in Bangkok's Rama III area suffered a blackout from this morning until the evening after a crane became entangled in power lines and pulled down 32 electricity poles, causing damage to four cars and a townhouse and injuring six people.
Many poles were uprooted and toppled onto the road. A taxi and a container truck were among four vehicles damaged, while the six injured were taken to Charoen Krung Pracharak Hospital.
After the blackout, power was cut off for safety reasons. The accident, at 6.30am, paralysed traffic on Rama III Road from the Nang Linchee Intersection to the Ratchadapisek Intersection.
The road section was blocked so Metropolitan Electricity Authority officials could fix the power poles and lines so electricity could be put back on.
