Thailand crane collapse triggers train derailment
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Some travelers were able to squeeze out of mangled cars and others were rescued by residents, after the accident in northeastern Thailand. Dozens did not survive.
The derailment, in northeastern Thailand, occurred on part of an ambitious planned high-speed rail project that will eventually connect China with much of Southeast Asia.
Thailand ordered the nation’s biggest construction firm to suspend work at over a dozen projects after two separate crane crashes over two days that left 34 people dead and dozens injured.