Train driver charged after crash in Bangkok, Thailand kills 8 - BERITAJA

BANGKOK — Thai constabulary person charged ​a train driver pinch negligence aft a crash connected Saturday successful cardinal Bangkok successful which a freight train collided pinch a nationalist autobus ⁠at a obstruction crossing, sidesplitting 8 group and injuring 32.

“The train driver has been charged pinch negligence causing death, arsenic grounds intelligibly indicates reckless behaviour starring ⁠to fatalities,” Urumporn Koondejsumrit, ​head of ⁠the Makkasan Police Station, told Reuters.

He said the autobus driver would besides beryllium ⁠charged, but remained nether aesculapian curen and could not ​be ⁠questioned, truthful charges had ‌not yet been filed.

Investigators are examining whether further charges whitethorn beryllium brought, he said.

On Saturday, the freight ‌train struck a autobus that ‌had been stopped connected the tracks astatine a reddish light, sparking a occurrence that engulfed the conveyance and dragging respective ⁠nearby vehicles on the tracks.

The tract has been cleared and services restored, while authorities will tighten information measures and oversight to forestall a repeat, Deputy Transport Minister Siripong Angkasakulkiat said successful a statement.

Commuters said they had agelong feared a collision, arsenic ‌vehicles kept passing done the crossing contempt extremity ​signals.

“It should not person happened. I ‌want each drivers ⁠to understand postulation laws properly,” said Thanphisit Nawatkonoangkoon, a ⁠20-year-old train commuter.

Thailand’s roads rank among the world’s deadliest, ‌according to the World ​Health Organization, owed to ‌weak enforcement of information standards.