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.