Overview
- Local authorities reported at least 32 dead and more than 60 injured after a crane struck a Bangkok–Ubon Ratchathani passenger train, triggering a derailment and fire in Nakhon Ratchasima.
- Police said rescue operations were temporarily halted because of a reported chemical leak, with several people still unaccounted for.
- Italian-Thai Development, the contractor on the site, said it will compensate victims’ families and cover medical costs for the injured.
- Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered an investigation and signaled possible legal changes to blacklist builders linked to repeated accidents.
- The crane was part of a roughly $5.4 billion high-speed rail line supported by China to link Bangkok with Kunming via Laos, with the affected section built by a Thai firm.