**A passenger train bound for Bangkok has derailed in Thailand’s Hua Hin coastal resort district, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more.**At least six of the train’s 16 carriages went off the tracks amid torrential downpours.
The overnight train was travelling from southern Trang province when the accident happened just before dawn.
Rescue workers were searching for some passengers thought to be trapped, local media reported.
Police said they were investigating the cause of the incident, which happened at about 0450 (2150 GMT on Sunday).
“From the information we have now, seven were found dead at the scene. They were all Thais,” said Police Colonel Krisna Jamsaweng, chief of Hua Hin’s police station.
Forty-five people had been sent for treatment at two nearby hospitals, he added.