Tragedy in Thailand: 25 dead after high-speed rail construction crane crushes moving passenger train

A train derailed in northeastern Thailand on Wednesday after a construction crane fell on three of its carriages, killing at least 25 people and injuring about 80, police said.

The accident took place on Wednesday morning ‍in ⁠the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230 km (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok, on a train from the capital bound for Ubon Ratchathani province.

Local police told Reuters ​there were more bodies ‌in the wreckage that had yet to be retrieved.

“Nineteen bodies have been recovered, ​but there are still some inside the train carriages that cannot be removed yet because the crane started shifting, so the team pulled back for fear of danger,” Police Colonel Thatchapon Chinnawong said by phone.