Thread: Thailand bus crash: at least 17 killed in collision with train

Officials say 65 people were on board the bus when it was hit by a train two hours east of Bangkok

At least 17 people were killed and more than dozen injured when a bus collided with a train in Thailand, officials said.

The bus passengers were on their way to a temple in Chachoengsao province for a ceremony to mark the end of Buddhist Lent and were about two hours east of the capital, Bangkok, when the accident occurred.

“The death toll we have so far is 17,” a district police chief said, adding that the crash happened around 8am local time.
Provincial governor Maitree Tritilanond told reporters that about 29 people were injured.

Early images by rescue workers showed gnarled metal and debris, with bodies lying by the train tracks and people’s belongings scattered.
The bus was overturned on its side, the top of it ripped off, and rescue workers said a crane was needed to lift it.
The number of casualties and injured is expected to rise.


The tour bus had 65 passengers on board when it crossed the railway track. Prathueng Yookassem, the district chief officer, told Thailand’s PBS TV that: “It was raining, perhaps the driver did not see the train.”


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