Thai PM Paetongtarn threatens legal action over latest construction deaths


Rescue workers carry a stretcher at the site of a crane collapse along Rama II highway in Bangkok on March 15. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra called on Monday for legal action after six people were killed at the weekend on a highway construction project that has seen several deadly incidents in recent years.

A concrete beam forming part of an under-construction elevated roadway collapsed early on Saturday on Rama II road, an important highway linking Bangkok to the country's south.

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