Five killed as train collides with truck in Thailand

A 10-wheel truck crashed into a passenger train in central Thailand, killing at least five people and injuring about two dozen others.

A 10-wheel truck crashed into a passenger train in central Thailand, killing at least five people and injuring about two dozen others, rail officials said.

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The train, which originated from northern Malaysia, was headed to Bangkok with more than 400 passengers, said Montakan Sriwilas, a spokeswoman for State Railways of Thailand.

The victims included three people aboard the truck and at least two passengers on the train, all of Thai nationality.

The truck drove through a barricade alongside the tracks and collided with the passing train at about 9 am, as it sped through the town of Ratchaburi, about 95 kilometres southwest of Bangkok.