At least 22 de@d, 8 injured after huge crane collapses onto moving train

At least 22 people have did and around 80 others suffered injuries after a construction crane collapsed onto a moving train in Thailand. The train, carrying 195 passengers, derailed when the crane, used to build an elevated highspeed railway, fell onto the moving train as it was traveling from Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani province this morning, January 14.  Footage from the scene shows the cranes broken structure resting on giant concrete pillars above the mangled wreckage of the overturned train.    Local police said there were more bodies that had yet to be retrieved. Mitr Intrpanya, 54, who was at the scene, described one of the carriages being torn in half by the impact. He said: “At around 9am, I heard a loud noise, like something sliding down from above, followed by two explosions. “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.”    The accident happened at a construction site that is part of a $5.4-billion project backed by Beijing to build a high-speed rail network in Thailand. It aims to connect Bangkok to Kunming in China via Laos by 2028 as part of Chinas vast “Belt and Road” infrastructure initiative. Thatchapon Chinnawong, the district police chief, said 22 people had been confirmed de@d and 80 more were injured.  “We are now asking the hospital to say how many people are in critical condition,” Thatchapon said. Thailand already has more than 3,000 miles of railway but the run-down network has long driven people to favour travel by road. Upon completion of the 370-mile high-speed railway, Chinese-made trains will run from Bangkok to Nong Khai, on the Mekong River border with Laos, at up to 150mph. Industrial and construction site accidents have long been common in Thailand, where lax enforcement of safety regulations often leads to deadly incidents. See videos from the scene below.   Thailand Train Tragedy: Crane Collapse Kills 22! – Crane on rail project collapses onto passing train- At least 22 dead in Sikhio district, northeast Thailand- Rescue operations underway after fire extinguished#ThailandCrash #TrainDerailment pic.twitter.com/LX9Tb7soiX Voice Of Bharat (@Kunal_Mechrules) January 14, 2026   A construction crane collapsed onto a passenger train in northeastern Thailand on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring 64 others. The crane, part of an elevated high-speed rail project, fell on the BangkokUbon Ratchathani train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, pic.twitter.com/CNdOoEnhkg The Pioneer (@TheDailyPioneer) January 14, 2026   The post At least 22 de@d, 8 injured after huge crane collapses onto moving train appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.