"Thai officials have raise the death toll to at least 29 after an accident when a construction crane fell on a passenger train northeast of the Thai capital, Bangkok. At least 64 people were reported injured in the accident. The train was travelling from Bangkok to Thailand's northeast when the accident occurred in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230 kilometers (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok."
"Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said that 195 people were on board the train. He said he has ordered an investigation into the incident. Police officials said several bodies were yet to be extracted from thr wreckageImage: State Railway of Thailand/AP Photo/picture alliance Thatchapon Chinnawong, the district's police chief, later told French news agency AFP that rescue operations were being paused due to "chemical leakage" at the scene."
"The crane was being used in building a high-speed rail network when it collapsed at around 09:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT). The derailment occurred on part of an ambitious planned high-speed rail project that will eventually connect China with much of Southeast Asia, associated with Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative. "A crane collapsed onto a train causing it to derail and catch fire," the Nakhon Ratchasima Public Relations Department said in a statement. It said the fire had been put out."
At least 29 people were killed and 64 injured after a construction crane collapsed onto a passenger train in Sikhio district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, about 230 km northeast of Bangkok. The train was traveling from Bangkok to the northeast with 195 people on board. The crane collapse caused the train to derail and catch fire, with the blaze later extinguished. Rescue operations were paused because of reported chemical leakage at the scene and several bodies remained in the wreckage. The crane was part of a high-speed rail project linked to the Belt and Road Initiative. An investigation has been ordered.
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