RAYONG, Thailand – A 36-year-old Chinese construction worker has died after a ten-wheeled lorry reversed over him at a data-centre construction site in Ban Chang, Rayong, with police believing the victim may have been in the vehicle’s rear blind spot when the lorry moved backwards on September 3. Police and rescue workers were called to the front of the construction site in Moo 6, Ban Chang district, after receiving a report that a worker had been run over, and Wang Jinghong was found seriously injured beneath the vehicle near its rear right-hand wheel.

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Rescue personnel and site workers used an excavator to lift the lorry, an operation that took more than 20 minutes, before the victim could be removed and rushed to Ban Chang Hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Initial witness accounts indicated that Wang had ridden a motorcycle to the site and parked behind the lorry, which was already stationary, and the truck then reversed, with investigators suspecting the driver may not have seen either the motorcycle or Wang because they were behind the vehicle.

Police Major Ekkerat Loha, an investigator at Ban Chang Police Station, coordinated detectives, rescue workers, and other relevant agencies at the scene, with officers recording evidence and taking the lorry driver and the site foreman in for detailed questioning as they seek to establish the cause of the fatality. Police are also awaiting the doctor’s post-mortem findings, and authorities have contacted Chinese consular officials to help trace the victim’s relatives and proceed under the relevant legal process.

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Uthai Saoman, the Ban Chang subdistrict headman, stated that data-centre construction projects should enforce strict internal safety measures covering working conditions, protective equipment, and area controls, noting that large vehicles with blind spots should be closely monitored by safety staff and work supervisors.

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He added that if investigators find safety measures were neglected, or that a supervisor was linked to negligence, authorities should take direct legal action, and called for relevant agencies to examine construction-site safety standards seriously to prevent a repeat.

-Thailand News (TN)