00:01Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said authorities will conduct a thorough investigation into the train-bus collision in Bangkok and
00:10ensure all those injured receive immediate medical treatment.
00:13Speaking at the scene on Saturday night, Anutin said preliminary findings indicated the crash was caused by a failure to
00:20comply with safety procedures.
00:22He added that the government would provide compensation to the families of those killed and to the injured in accordance
00:29with existing policies.
00:31Earlier, Acting Governor of the State Railway of Thailand, Anan Phonimdeng, said the bus had become stranded within the railway's
00:38exclusion zone.
01:07Anan said investigators would retrieve data from the train's event recorder and examine the actions of the driver and other
01:14personnel involved.
01:15The accident occurred at about 3.40 p.m., when a train traveling from Chachungsao province to Bang Su in
01:22Bangkok collided with a bus at a railway crossing in central Bangkok, setting the bus on fire.
01:28Several cars and motorcycles were also involved.
01:31Thailand's Ministry of Transport said eight people on the bus were killed and 32 others were injured.
01:45Nowadays, it's a couple driving there.
01:49Allож
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