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What happened in the deadly Thailand rail accident?
A Thai passenger train was crushed by construction cranes that slammed onto carriages, killing at least 29 people.
![Recovery workers watch as a carriage of a train that crashed when a construction crane collapsed is lifted off the tracks in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima province on Jan. 14, 2026. A crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand collapsed onto a passenger train on January 14 and caused it to derail, killing at least 28 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said. [Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1768410709.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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