Bangkok - A passenger train derailed Monday in southern Thailand, killing at least 10 people, and injuring 47 others including several foreigners, railway officials said. The accident occurred at 4:42 am at Khao Tao district in Prachuab Khiri Khan province, about 130 kilometres south-west of Bangkok, State Railways of Thailand (SRT) spokeswoman Montakarn Sivirat said.
"We are still waiting for more details about the accident but we know the derailment happened during a heavy rain storm," Montakarn said.
Traffic on the route will be shut down until Tuesday.
The SRT said they could not immediately confirm the nationalities of the injured foreigners.
Twelve of the train's 14 compartments fell off the tracks in the rainstorm. The train was travelling from Trang province, a popular tourist destination on the Andaman Sea coast, to Bangkok.
