"At around 9am, I heard a loud noise, like something sliding down from above, followed by two explosions, said local resident Mitr Intrpanya, 54, who was at the scene. When I went to see what had happened, I found the crane sitting on a passenger train with three carriages. The metal from the crane appeared to strike the middle of the second carriage, slicing it in half."
"A crane collapsed onto a train causing it to derail and catch fire, the Nakhon Ratchasima provincial public relations department said in a statement. Live footage aired by local media showed rescue workers rushing to the scene, with a brightly coloured train derailed on its side as smoke billowed from the debris. Thatchapon said authorities were pausing the rescue operation due to chemical leakage at the scene."
At least 22 people were killed and about 80 injured when a crane collapsed onto a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, north-east of Bangkok. The crane's broken structure rested on giant concrete pillars while smoke rose from wrecked carriages; live footage showed a brightly coloured train derailed on its side. Rescuers worked to extract passengers from tilted carriages, and authorities paused rescue operations because of chemical leakage. A local resident reported hearing a loud noise and two explosions around 9am, then finding the crane slicing the second carriage in half. The accident occurred at a construction site for a $5.4bn Beijing-backed high-speed rail project linking Bangkok to Kunming via Laos.
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