10 hurt as train derails in Udon Thani
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A train with 50 passengers on board derailed in Udon Thani's Muang district yesterday morning, injuring 10 passengers.
Three carriages of the Bangkok-Nong Khai train ran off the track in Moo Mon sub-district at 5.30am, with one carriage plunging into a ditch. The train departed Bangkok at 6.20pm Monday. Among the injured, eight were passengers while two were railway employees.
Udon Thani Train Station chief Sukhum Suwancharoen said the train reached Udon Thani at 5.10am, before derailing while heading towards Nong Khai. While railway officials were investigating the scene to determine the cause of the derailment, the passengers were taken by bus to Nong Khai Station 50km away.
