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FOUND: Collision train driver on drugs unlicensed | Mind Blowing Facts

Flowers were laid on Sunday beside the railway track near the level crossing in Bangkok where the deadly train-bus collision happened. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The driver of the freight train that hit a passenger bus and other vehicles on a congested Bangkok level crossing on Saturday tested positive for drug abuse and did not have a rail transport licence, according to the rail transport chief.

Pichet Kunadhamraks, director-general of the Department of Rail Transport, posted the allegation online on Sunday night. He said police reported that Sayomporn Sornkul, driver of the train, had a urine test that returned positive for drug abuse.

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