Thai train wreck traced to alcohol

Thai train wreck traced to alcohol

BANGKOK (AP): The driver of a train that derailed in northern
Thailand, killing four passengers, may have been drunk, local
newspapers said yesterday.

The train jumped its tracks late Friday, sending most of its
cars down a hillside, as it was rounding a curve in a heavily-
forested area about 150 kilometers south of Chiang Mai.

Four people were killed and more than 300 others were injured
in the accident. The driver, who was found trapped under the
wreckage, was among half a dozen people reported to be seriously
injured.

The English-language daily The Nation quoted some passengers
as saying the driver was drunk even before the train departed
Chiang Mai for the overnight trip to the Thai capital of Bangkok.