{"id":244144,"date":"2026-01-14T12:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/244144\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:25:08","slug":"bbc-verify-images-show-aftermath-of-deadly-crash-on-thai-railway-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/244144\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Verify: Images show aftermath of deadly crash on Thai railway line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Satellite image shows Thailand crane before train crashpublished at 10:37 GMT<\/p>\n<p>10:37 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/b6b4f027-1d45-450c-b3d4-f4e9cdd82ebd.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Paul Brown<br \/>BBC Verify senior journalist<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We&#8217;ve been looking at the aftermath of a rail crash in Thailand which has killed at least 28 people, caused by a crane being used to construct an overpass falling onto a train passing beneath it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Footage from the scene in central Thailand shows the mangled train wreckage and part of a specialised crane called a launching gantry, used in the construction of bridges, overpasses and viaducts, has collapsed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The imagery also shows that the incident occurred close to a level crossing, which we were able to identify in the town of Skhiu in Nakhon Ratchasima province. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Satellite imagery captured by Planet on 5 January shows the crane at around the same spot. A similar-looking red crane visible around half a mile (1km) to the east in a Google Street View image taken in March last year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The overpass was being built as part of a high-speed rail project connecting Thailand and China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The train was travelling along tracks running beneath the structure, en-route to Ratchathani province from Bangkok. Rail authorities say that 195 people were on board, with 80 people reported injured.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A BBC graphic showing (from top left) the location of the crash on a map of Thailand; satellite imagery of the red structure and work on the overpass; an agency pic of the aftermath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3f1ce551-ed1b-4521-8114-992e779254b6.png.webp.webp\"  width=\"1600\" height=\"1682\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Satellite image shows Thailand crane before train crashpublished at 10:37 GMT 10:37 GMT Paul BrownBBC Verify senior journalist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-244144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}