\u201cThere was a leak in the water pipe – water from the pipe eroded [earth] under the road so this incident happened,\u201d he said, adding that there were no known casualties.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe water that eroded brought some soil that dropped down to an under-construction subway station, causing the collapse,\u201d Suriyachai added.<\/p>\n
The tunnel is part of an underground service being built by the state-run Mass Rapid Transit Authority, which said it would investigate the cause of the cave-in.<\/p>\n
Suriyachai said the local police station facing the collapsed road was evacuated.<\/p>\n
Senior police officer Sayam Boonsom also said he had ordered the evacuation of nearby apartment blocks.<\/p>\n
Outpatient services at Vajira Hospital were suspended, and nearby buildings were evacuated. Photo \/ Chanakarn Laosarakham, AFP<\/p>\n
\u201cThe location is at a station, and the soil was sucked into the site … it collapsed,\u201d Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt told AFP at the scene.<\/p>\n
A video posted on social media and verified by AFP shows several people running from a construction area on Samsen Road as the street cracks open and collapses, revealing a water-filled hole.<\/p>\n
Vajira Hospital, a teaching facility for one of Thailand\u2019s top medical universities, said in a Facebook post it was suspending outpatient services, adding that they would \u201cresume as soon as possible\u201d.<\/p>\n
Noppadech Pitpeng, a 27-year-old hospital staffer who lives in a nearby building, said he was frightened by a rumbling sound that woke him up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sound was like an electricity pole collapsing and my whole flat shook,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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