Crane collapses on train in Thailand, killing 32AFP, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, ThailandA crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand yesterday collapsed onto a passenger train, causing it to derail, killing at least 32 people, authorities said. Recovery workers stand next to the wreckage of a train that derailed when a construction crane collapsed in Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima Province yesterday. The incident happened at a construction site that is part of a more than US$5 billion project backed by China to build a high-speed rail network in Thailand. Theerachote Rujiviphat, an engineering consultant adviser on the high-speed project, said that Italian-Thai Development was solely responsible for the crane collapse. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said authorities must determine the cause of the crane collapse and hold those responsible to account.
