Several kilometres of an aluminium conductor rail on the elevated Pink Line monorail system fell onto a street in Nonthaburi early Sunday morning. Three vehicles were damaged, but no casualties were reported.
The incident happened at about 5am along Tiwanon Road in Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi. A 5km stretch of the metal rail – about 10 centimetres wide and 5cm thick – fell from the elevated structure of the Pink Line from Chon Prathan market to Khae Rai intersection. Conductor rails supply power to electric trains.
Eyewitnesses were vendors who parked their vehicles on the road. They said they saw bolts fall first, and then the rail collapsed and hit their vehicles. The falling rail also snagged on a power pole, leaving it at an angle.
