THE bodies of three foreign workers who were trapped for days in a railway tunnel in northeastern Thailand that collapsed during construction have been retrieved after an intensive rescue effort, Thai officials said.
The tunnel is a part of a Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project linking the capital Bangkok to the northeastern province of Nong Khai, bordering Laos.
Part of it collapsed late night on Aug 24 while three foreign workers, one from Myanmar and two from China, were inside. The tunnel is in Nakhon Ratchasima, 250km northeast of Bangkok.
Investigation of the accident is ongoing, but Thai media reported that Deputy Transport Minister Surapong Piyachote said earlier this week that it appeared that the earth above the tunnel had become heavy due to days of rain.
The body of one worker, a truck driver from Myanmar, was found Thursday and the other two on Friday, Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told the media.
He said the two Chinese victims were a supervisor and a backhoe operator. — AP
