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Search resumes for missing worker after Chao Phraya barge capsizing

Police say a barge pontoon sunk in the Chao Phraya River in Phra Samut Chedi district, Samut Prakan province after being struck by the force of an excavator. (Photo: Sanphet Bunyamanee Facebook account)

Police and rescue teams resumed search operations on Wednesday after a pontoon sank in the Chao Phraya River in Phra Samut Chedi district, Samut Prakan province, leaving five people injured and one still unaccounted for.

Pol Lt Gen Trairong Piwpan, deputy inspector-general and spokesman for the Royal Thai Police, said that the incident occurred shortly after noon on Tuesday opposite Soi Suksawat 84 on Sukwawat Road in tambon Pak Khong Bang Plakot.

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