Overview
- Authorities and Thai media reported at least 22 dead and about 70 injured, while Reuters cited 19 fatalities and roughly 80 injured.
- The crash occurred in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, about 230 kilometers northeast of Bangkok, on Wednesday morning local time.
- Several carriages derailed, passengers were trapped in wreckage, and a fire was reported after the impact.
- Thai newspaper Khaosod said the steel crane fell only seconds before the passenger train arrived.
- Emergency crews are conducting rescue and recovery operations as police open an investigation into the crane collapse.