A Myanmar man broke down in tears while reporting his wife missing following a "train hitting a bus" accident. She boarded bus line 206 but her fate remains unknown and she cannot be reached.
The serious incident involved freight train number 2126, running Laem Chabang to Bang Sue Junction, operated by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT). It collided with bus line 206 which was stopped straddling the railway tracks due to a red light at the Asok-Phetchaburi intersection, near the Asok-Din Daeng level crossing between Khlong Tan and Makkasan stations. The collision caused a severe accident and fire spreading at the scene. Initial reports confirmed 8 dead and approximately 30 injured at around 15:40 GMT+7 on 16 May 2026.
On the same day, several victims came to report to the police at Makkasan Police Station, including family members of the missing. Our team spoke with “Mr. Tom,” a Myanmar man who filed a report after his wife boarded bus line 206. His wife lives near Rama 9 Soi 4 and usually takes bus 206 on days off to visit him in the Sukhumvit area.
He said his wife boarded bus 206 at 15:15 GMT+7. After hearing news of the train hitting the bus, he tried calling her but she has not answered. He also checked the list of injured passengers but his wife’s name was not listed. The names of the eight deceased are not yet officially released. Currently, he does not know his wife’s status.
Our team also spoke with the missing woman’s niece, who said she checked information through the Viabus app to help her aunt travel to meet her husband in On Nut area. Her aunt hurried to board the bus, then messaged at 15:15 GMT+7 saying she was on board. Minutes later, news broke of the train hitting bus 206. The niece has been trying to contact her aunt but has been unsuccessful so far. She said if anything happened to her aunt, she would feel responsible.