A train collided with a bus near the Makkasan Airport Rail Link station, damaging an embassy's Mercedes-Benz vehicle. The case is under investigation.
In the incident, freight train number 2126 struck an orange air-conditioned bus (Por. 206), vehicle number 3-44197, running between Mega Bangna and Kasetsart University, license plate 12-5641, in Bangkok. The collision caused a fire, resulting in eight passenger deaths and 30 injuries. Multiple vehicles were damaged. The accident occurred near the Makkasan Airport Rail Link station on Asoke-Din Daeng Road, Makkasan subdistrict, Ratchathewi district, at 15:42 on 16 May, amid widespread mourning.
At 12:00 on 17 May, reports confirmed that among the vehicles involved was a black Mercedes-Benz E 200, license plate ท 15-0098, believed to belong to a foreign embassy in Thailand. It is suspected that the driver or passengers in the vehicle were also injured.
Pol. Col. Uramphon Kundetsamrit, the superintendent of Makkasan Police Station, briefly stated that the vehicle is likely embassy-owned and that investigations are ongoing.