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

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)