Overview
- Thailand’s health ministry reported at least 32 dead and more than 60 injured, with figures revised upward through the day as recoveries continued.
- Special Express Train No. 21 was traveling from Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani with 195 people aboard when three carriages derailed in Sikhio, Nakhon Ratchasima, after a brief fire.
- Rescuers worked through mangled carriages and temporarily paused operations over a reported chemical leak, with patients distributed to multiple local hospitals.
- Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn ordered a thorough probe, and Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul vowed accountability, calling the disaster an engineering failure.
- Italian-Thai Development, the contractor on the affected section, said it takes full responsibility and will compensate victims, while China noted the segment was being built by a Thai company.