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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
National
ONLINE REPORTERS

10 students hurt as crane collapses onto school building

A crane at a condominium construction site collapsed onto a building at Assumption Convent School in Bangkok's Bang Rak district, injuring 10 students on Wednesday. (Photos taken from @js100 radio Facebook page)

Ten schoolgirls were hurt when a crane at a condominium construction site collapsed and fell onto a school building at Assumption Convent School in Bangkok’s Bang Rak district late on Wednesday morning.

The incident happened at around 11am on Wednesday when the crane suddenly collapsed and crashed onto the nearby school building on Soi Charoen Krung 40.

Broken bricks and cement showered onto schoolgirls in the area.  A total of 10 students were hurt and rushed to Lerdsin Hospital, police said.

Authorities were investigating.

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