Overview
- Thai PBS reports 27 dead and 79 injured after a passenger service derailed and caught fire in Nakhon Ratchasima province.
- The collision occurred around 09:05 local time when a construction crane fell onto the active line near a high-speed-rail overpass project.
- Several carriages ignited after the impact, and emergency teams fought fires while conducting extractions.
- Injured passengers range in age from 1 to 85, according to the latest figures cited by Thai PBS.
- Early counts from local media were lower, then revised upward in subsequent Thai PBS updates.