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Prime Minister Anutin Visits Six Injured in Train-Bus Collision at Camillian Hospital

Politic17 May 2026 14:28 GMT+7

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Prime Minister Anutin Visits Six Injured in Train-Bus Collision at Camillian Hospital

Prime Minister Anutin visited six injured victims from the train-bus collision at Camillian Hospital and assigned Deputy Transport Minister Siripong and Minister Attached to the Prime Minister Supamas to visit injured patients being treated in six additional hospitals.


At 13:25 on 17 May 2026 at Camillian Hospital, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul visited injured patients recovering from the collision between a container freight train and a bus on 16 May. He checked on their conditions and presented fruit baskets to encourage them. Accompanying him were Minister Attached to the Prime Minister Supamas Isarapakdi, Deputy Transport Minister Siripong Angkasakulkiat, Dr. Worawut Imsamran, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, Anan Phonnimdaeng, Governor of the State Railway of Thailand, Kittikan Chomduang and Jaruwornpolkul, Directors of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, along with representatives from the insurance company.


Upon arrival, the Prime Minister expressed concern and inquired about the patients' conditions with Father Phakwee Sengcharoen, Director of Camillian Hospital, and Dr. Natthapon Kalpaksee, Medical Director at Camillian Hospital.


Of the patients receiving treatment, two were discharged in the morning of the same day, leaving six still hospitalized. Among them, two are in critical condition in the ICU: Mr. Natdanai Choksuksap, 42, a bus passenger, and Mrs. Supakorn Jansorn, 38, a fare collector. The other four injured are Mr. Laphit Thongbun, 56, the bus driver; Mr. Sayomphon Suankul, 46, the train driver; Mr. Apichat Meechunuek, 41, a motorcyclist; and Miss Khoeurn Mol, a 50-year-old foreign passenger of a pickup truck.


After visiting the injured, the Prime Minister assigned Mr. Siripong and Ms. Supamas to separately visit patients receiving treatment at six other hospitals.