A tree lies across an alley in Soi Chidlom near Central Chidlom department store in Bangkok, where a power pole uprooted when the tree fell hit three passing motorcycles on Saturday morning. One woman riding one of the bikes was killed and two others were injured. (Photo by Sarot Meksophawannakul)A woman lost her life and two people were injured when five power poles toppled by a fallen tree fell on three passing motorcycles in Bangkok’s Chidlom area on Saturday morning. The power poles and cables fell on the passing motorcycles after a big tree in the building compound was uprooted and later fell on the poles. One woman, identified later as Natchaphat Somjet, 25, was killed on the spot while riding a motorcycle passing the area.

Source: Bangkok Post May 13, 2017 07:18 UTC