Two people were killed when their car was hit by a passenger train at a railway crossing in Phetchaburi province on Tuesdasy.
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Train No 261 left Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan and was heading to Bangkok when it hit the Songkhla-registered Toyota Camry carrying two passengers at a railway crossing with no barriers between Khao Tamone station and Phetchaburi station about 1pm.
The car exploded and it and the locomotive were engulfed in flames following the collision, local rescuers who put out the fire said.
Two charred bodies were found in the burned car. The locomotive jumped the track. No one on the train was injured. The line was blocked by the accident. Work crews were clearing the track.
The identities of the people in the car were unknown
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) said Phetchaburi-Cha-am-Hua Hin train services had been suspended.
