Bangkok Post
At least 8 dead in Bangkok bus-train collision
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Eight people have been confirmed dead and at least 35 injured following a collision between a train and a passenger bus near the Makkasan station of the Airport Rail Link in Bangkok on Saturday afternoon.
Key facts
- Eight people have been confirmed dead and at least 35 injured following a collision between a train and a passenger bus near the Makkasan station of the Airport Rail Link in Bangkok on Saturday afternoon.
- Police investigators at the Makkasan station were alerted via the 199 emergency hotline at 3.42pm about a fire involving an air-conditioned passenger bus (Route No 206, Kasetsart University to Mega Bangna) near the Airport Rail Link station on Asok-Din Daeng Road in Huai Khwang district. Firefighters and rescue personnel were dispatched to the scene.
- Initial reports indicated that a freight train had collided with a bus and a motorcycle, triggering a fire.
- Flames engulfed the bus within minutes. Explosions were heard intermittently as firefighters battled the flames and eventually brought them under control. Rescue workers later discovered the bodies of eight passengers inside the bus.
- Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said the train travelling from Laem Chabang Port to Bang Sue in Bangkok struck the bus that had become stuck on the railway tracks amid heavy traffic. (Story continues below)
Summary
Police investigators at the Makkasan station were alerted via the 199 emergency hotline at 3.42pm about a fire involving an air-conditioned passenger bus (Route No 206, Kasetsart University to Mega Bangna) near the Airport Rail Link station on Asok-Din Daeng Road in Huai Khwang district. Firefighters and rescue personnel were dispatched to the scene.
Initial reports indicated that a freight train had collided with a bus and a motorcycle, triggering a fire.