Thai train derails killing seven

A TRAIN derailed during heavy rains yesterday near Thailand’s coastal city of Hua Hin, killing seven people, including a two-year-old, and injuring 88 others, officials said.

The train jumped the tracks as it approached a station before dawn near the popular resort on the Gulf of Thailand during a journey from Trang to Bangkok, said Police Lt Col Udom Chainoom.

Yuthana Thapcharoen, head of the State Railways of Thailand said all of those killed were Thais.