Thailand Train Collision With Pickup Truck Kills 8 People and Injures 4, Railway Agency Says

Gov. of the State Railway of Thailand Nirut Maneepan, (4th-L), talks to police at a crash site in Muang, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand, on Aug. 4, 2023. Public relations of the State Railway of Thailand via AP

BANGKOK—Eight people were killed when a freight train struck a pickup truck that was crossing railway tracks in an eastern province of Thailand early Friday morning, authorities said.

The accident at 2:20 a.m. (19:20 GMT) also injured four people in the Muang district of Chachoengsao Province, according to the State Railway of Thailand.