BANGKOK: A train travelling from Thailand‘s capital to the country’s northeast was derailed on Wednesday (Jan 14) after a construction crane fell on top of one of its carriages, killing 22 people, Nakhon Ratchasima’s Public Relations Department said.
At least 30 people were injured, police said.
The accident took place on Wednesday morning in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230km northeast of Bangkok, on a train bound for Ubon Ratchathani province.
Local police told Reuters by phone that a crane working on a high-speed rail project collapsed and hit the passing train, causing it to derail and briefly catch fire.
The fire has been extinguished and rescue work is now underway, police said.
