Hua Hin train crash kills three, 73 injured

Bangkok (dpa) - Three railway workers were killed and 73 people were injured when a passenger train crashed into another train before dawn Sunday in seaside resort of Hua Hin, authorities said.

A Bangkok-bound passenger train crashed into a parked train in the station 130 kilometres south of Bangkok.

State Railway Authority officials told local media they were investigating what caused the crash in the popular resort town on the Gulf of Thailand.

Eight people were seriously injured including three railway employees. The other 65 people injured were treated and released from hospital within a few hours.

Among the injured passengers were an Italian man and a German woman, both of whom were treated for minor injuries.

The crash at about 2:30 a.m. disrupted train travel until 7 a.m.

Bangkok Post