Death toll rises to 19 in Thailand with 80 injured after crane collapses on train, police say


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  • Wednesday, 14 Jan 2026

Aid workers at the site of the incident where the construction crane fell onto the passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand on Jan. 14, 2026. - State Railway of Thailand via AP

BANGKOK, ‌Jan 14 (Reuters) - ‌The death ‌toll from a train derailure following ‍the collapse ‍of ‌a crane in ‍northeastern Thailand ​rose ⁠to 19 on Wednesday, ‌with about 80 ⁠people ‍injured, police said.

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

(Reporting by ​Reuters Staff; Writing by Martin Petty)

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