23 injured, 2 missing as riverside food pavilion slides into water in central Thailand

BANGKOK, July 16 (Xinhua) -- A food pavilion built along the Mae Klong river in central Thailand's Samut Songkhram province slid into the river on Tuesday afternoon, injuring 23 people and leaving two missing.

According to local media Thairath, 23 people were injured in the incident and divers were searching for two women who remained missing.

A schoolboy, who was reported missing earlier, has been found and is being treated in a local hospital, reports said.

The pavilion, which was reported to be decades old, suddenly slid into water at about 1:00 p.m. local time.