My day started with a crash. Literally.
My parents and I were at Gilstead Road at about 8 in the morning, trying out food at the new coffee shop that had just opened. The food was good, and just when we were about to leave, when suddenly, a almighty roar resounded from the nearby construction site.
We whipped around in our seats, only to see the concrete blocks toppling over one another, crushing the fence that surrounded the site into pancake, and dust everywhere as blocks got crushed into pieces. We were shocked by the spectacle and by the time we regained our senses, a crowd had already gathered near the area.
'Come on!' I shouted to my parents, eager to see exactly what had happened.
I ran towards the accident, and it was surely a sight to behold! The blocks had flattened the fence entirely, the pavement was cracked, it was blocking the 2 lane road beside it and there was still some dust in the air. It was a scene of devastation.
My father, his previous job being a engineer, told me that the concrete blocks were used to test the soil to see if it was suitable to build buildings on it. He also said that each concrete block weighed about a ton! (1 ton = 1000kg) I could almost imagine the weight crushing on the pavement and before it had toppled, it was piled as high as a 3 storey building! I sort of pitied the grass beneath all the blocks......
I had forgotten to bring my phone out, so I could not snap a few photos of the incident, but I found some photos on STOMP plus a video of a news report of the blocks collapsing on YouTube.
Below are the photos, courtesy of STOMP:
My parents and I were at Gilstead Road at about 8 in the morning, trying out food at the new coffee shop that had just opened. The food was good, and just when we were about to leave, when suddenly, a almighty roar resounded from the nearby construction site.
We whipped around in our seats, only to see the concrete blocks toppling over one another, crushing the fence that surrounded the site into pancake, and dust everywhere as blocks got crushed into pieces. We were shocked by the spectacle and by the time we regained our senses, a crowd had already gathered near the area.
'Come on!' I shouted to my parents, eager to see exactly what had happened.
I ran towards the accident, and it was surely a sight to behold! The blocks had flattened the fence entirely, the pavement was cracked, it was blocking the 2 lane road beside it and there was still some dust in the air. It was a scene of devastation.
My father, his previous job being a engineer, told me that the concrete blocks were used to test the soil to see if it was suitable to build buildings on it. He also said that each concrete block weighed about a ton! (1 ton = 1000kg) I could almost imagine the weight crushing on the pavement and before it had toppled, it was piled as high as a 3 storey building! I sort of pitied the grass beneath all the blocks......
I had forgotten to bring my phone out, so I could not snap a few photos of the incident, but I found some photos on STOMP plus a video of a news report of the blocks collapsing on YouTube.
Below are the photos, courtesy of STOMP:
As the saying goes, A picture speaks a thousand words, so I shall not describe them and let them do the talking.
This is a news report on Channel 5 on the collapsing blocks:
This was certainly unusual day for me!
Was anybody injured?
ReplyDeleteI hope not.
Pitiful grass! I bet they are dead by now...
Haha Stomp! this is very unusual, you do not get to see this everyday!
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