Suspension bridge collapses into Prachin Buri River

Fortunately, there was no report of casualties. Normally, more than 300 people – many of them children – cross this suspension bridge each day.
However, the bridge was closed earlier in the day as a precaution while heavy downpours continued and the volume of run-off water clearly increased in the river. There was also a huge amount of water hyacinth washed along by the torrent of water.
The suspended bridge was installed to link the Marawittaya School to study centres while a permanent bridge is built.
A worker at the construction site, Apichart Saengkhiao, said yesterday he had heard Eucalyptus poles breaking in the middle of the night. “I got up to check what happened and I saw the middle part of the bridge was broken and plunged into the river,” he said.
Prachin Buri Governor Chitra Promchutima said she ordered the immediate closure of another temporary suspension bridge across the river pending an inspection and repairs.