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An infrastructure worker died after a collapsed road fell and buried him alive for several minutes on Sept. 10

Praset Praphrom was remembered as a hard worker and for being beloved by his coworkers

The local government will be assisting the man's family following the tragedy

An infrastructure worker died after a collapsed road fell and buried him alive for several minutes.

The man — who was identified as Praset Praphrom by Matichon — died in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

In video footage of the tragedy obtained by ViralPress, Praphrom could be seen inspecting a collapsed road from a trench opening below, before soil and concrete fell and struck the back of his neck, pinning him to the ground and burying him.

An excavator was used to scoop away

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