A train travelling from Thailand’s capital to the country’s northeast was derailed on Wednesday (January 14, 2026) after a construction crane fell on top of one of its carriages, killing at least 19 people and injuring at least 80, police said.
The accident took place on Wednesday (January 14) morning in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230 km (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok, on a train bound for Ubon Ratchathani Province.
This photo released from State Railway of Thailand, shows aid workers after a construction crane fell into a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand on January 14, 2026. Photo: State Railway of Thailand via AP
Local police told Reuters by phone that a crane working on a high-speed rail project collapsed and struck the passing train, causing it to derail and briefly catch fire. The police said there were more bodies in the wreckage that had yet to be retrieved.
The fire has been extinguished and rescue work in now underway, police said.
