{"id":188664,"date":"2022-08-21T17:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=188664"},"modified":"2022-08-21T17:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T09:30:20","slug":"dozens-suffer-minor-injuries-in-escalator-incident-at-bangkoks-skytrain-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=188664","title":{"rendered":"Dozens suffer minor injuries in escalator incident at Bangkok&#8217;s Skytrain station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Linda Khoo Hui Li<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BANGKOK, Aug 21 (NNN-Bernama) &#8212; A commuter reaching the top of a crowded escalator at the Surasak Skytrain station in Bangkok&#8217;s Bang Rak district is believed to have fallen backwards, prompting a domino effect that left 28 people with minor injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement released today, skytrain operator Bangkok Transit System (BTS) said the incident happened at 6.38 pm (local time) on Saturday and denied a news report that it was due to an escalator malfunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BTS had temporarily closed off the escalator for inspection after the incident and will take care of the injured, the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector at Yannawa Police Station, Lieutenant Colonel Somyot Bunnakaew said the incident happened when a group commuters after attending a concert celebrating the 170th anniversary of Bangkok Christian College, were scrambling up the escalator following a heavy rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is believed that someone at the top of the moving escalator fell backwards and created a domino effect that prompted other commuters to fall on the crowded escalator,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rescue volunteers rushed to the scene and sent the injuried &#8211; two men and 26 women to nearby hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Linda Khoo Hui Li BANGKOK, Aug 21 (NNN-Bernama) &#8212; A commuter reaching the top of a crowded escalator at the Surasak Skytrain station in Bangkok&#8217;s Bang Rak district is believed to have fallen backwards, prompting a domino effect that left 28 people with minor injuries. In a statement released today, skytrain operator Bangkok Transit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,288,286],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188664"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=188664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188665,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188664\/revisions\/188665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=188664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=188664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=188664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}