Freight train and bus crash kills at least eight in Bangkok

Police and rescue officials said the collision sparked a fire that engulfed the bus.

A tragic accident occurred in Bangkok, Thailand, when a cargo train collided with a public bus at a railway crossing, resulting in at least eight fatalities and more than 20 injuries. The crash took place in the late afternoon near an airport railway station. According to witnesses and reports, the bus was struck while vehicles had stopped at the crossing, with the impact dragging the bus and other vehicles along the tracks. The bus caught fire and was later searched by rescue teams after the flames were extinguished, with all fatalities found inside.

A train crashed into a public bus near an airport rail link station in Bangkok’s city centre, Thai media report. The collision resulted in at least eight fatalities and 35 injuries. The incident occurred when the bus appeared to get stuck on an intersection with the rail line after the safety barriers descended. The freight train rammed into the stationary bus and continued travelling, dragging several nearby vehicles along with it before the bus burst into flames.

At least eight people were killed and 32 others were injured in Thailand after a freight train struck a bus at a rail crossing in Bangkok. Firefighters and rescue crews were dispatched as flames engulfed the bus and nearby vehicles close to the airport rail link’s Makkasan station. Preliminary reports showed the bus had stopped on the tracks at a red light, preventing crossing barriers from closing. The train, which was transporting containers, was unable to stop in time to avoid colliding with the bus.

A collision between a train and a public bus in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, has killed at least eight people and injured 35 others. The crash happened late on Saturday afternoon near an airport railway station in central Bangkok, which is transited by tens of thousands of vehicles each day. Footage of the incident shared on social media shows a group of vehicles, including cars, motorcycles and an orange bus, queuing across a railway line, before a cargo train suddenly ploughs into the side of the bus and through the rest of the group. The impact pushes several cars and motorcycles along the tracks into oncoming traffic before the bus becomes engulfed in flames.

A collision between a freight train and a bus killed at least eight people and injured more than 30 in the Thai capital Bangkok. The incident occurred when the bus appeared to get stuck on an intersection with the rail line after the safety barriers descended. The freight train rammed into the stationary bus and continued travelling, dragging several nearby vehicles along with it before the bus burst into flames.