Truck hits clearance bar, causes traffic jam
published : 9 May 2024 at 11:12
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Traffic was nearly paralysed after a truck hit a height clearance bar at Phaya Thai intersection in Ratchathewi district of Bangkok on Thursday morning.
Traffic police said the accident happened at 5.30am when a truck transporting tyres struck the bar in front of a flyover on Si Ayutthaya Road. The bar served as a warning for vehicles exceeding a height of 3.10 metres, preventing them from using the flyover beneath the BTS tracks.
The incident blocked two traffic lanes, and workers and police took several hours to clear the road.
According to reports, the accident led to severe congestion for several kilometres from Phaya Thai intersection to Ramkhamhaeng Road.
No casualties were reported.
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Vocabulary
- bar: a long straight piece of metal or wood - ท่อน
- casualty (noun): victim; someone/ something that has been harmed, injured or killed as the result of a bad event such as a disaster or crime (casualties: the number of dead or injured) - เหยื่อผู้เคราะห์ร้าย; จำนวนคนตายหรือได้รับบาดเจ็บ
- congestion: a situation in which a place is crowded with people or vehicles - แน่นขนัดไปด้วยรถหรือคน
- exceed: to go beyond an official limit; to be greater than a number or amount - เกินปริมาณ
- flyover: a bridge that carries one road over another one - สะพานลอยที่ให้รถวิ่ง
- incident: something that happens, usually something bad - เหตุการณ์
- paralysed: to cause to be unable to move - ทำให้เป็นอัมพาต
- severe: very serious and unpleasant - รุนแรง
- tyre (noun): (American: "tire") a thick rubber ring that fits around the edge of a wheel of a car, bicycle, etc. - ยางรถ
- vehicle: a machine that you travel in or on, especially one with an engine that travels on roads, e.g., a car, bus, van, truck, etc. - ยานพาหนะ
