Overview
- The six-carriage train had stopped for a scheduled locomotive change at Wang Yen station around 5 p.m. Saturday when a reversing engine collided with the stationary carriages.
- Authorities reported 13 people hospitalised and about 20 with minor injuries, with four serious cases treated at Phahol Pholpayuhasena Hospital; totals remain provisional.
- Officials said three of the injured are British nationals, including a seven-year-old girl, with nine patients taken to Phahol Pholpayuhasena Hospital and four to Thanakarn Hospital.
- Kanchanaburi Station dispatched a replacement locomotive to move the carriages, crews cleared debris and documented damage, and the State Railway of Thailand arranged a bus for 70 passengers.
- SRT engineers plan to examine the locomotive’s mechanical systems and review coupling procedures after local outlets reported a brake failure on the shunting engine, a cause not yet confirmed.