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.

One foreigner, suffering injuries, was undergoing an operation, reports said.