Emergency services work at a site where a train collided with a bus, several cars and motorcycles on Asok-Din Daeng Road, causing several casualties, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 16, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

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At least eight dead, 25 injured in train collision that sparks bus fire in Thailand

Updated 4 hours ago
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Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

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Factual: mixed · Credibility: medium

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Emergency services work at a site where a train collided with a bus, several cars and motorcycles on Asok-Din Daeng Road, causing several casualties, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 16, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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5/16/2026

At least eight dead, 25 injured in train collision that sparks bus fire in Thailand

At least eight people were killed and 25 ​others injured after a ‌train collision triggered a fire that engulfed a public bus in ​Bangkok on Saturday, rescue officials ​and police said.

At least eight killed, 25 injured as train hits bus in Bangkok
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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5/16/2026

At least eight killed, 25 injured as train hits bus in Bangkok

At least eight people have been killed, and 25 others injured, after a freight train crashed into a public bus in Thailand’s capital. Flames engulfed the bus and nearby vehicles near an airport rail link station in the centre of Bangkok Saturday afternoon, Thai media reported. Thai authorities have not confirmed the.