An investigation into the recent derailment in Prachuap Khiri Khan, which killed 10 people, will be concluded on Monday, the State Railway of Thailand said yesterday.
The extraction of information from the black box of train 84, which travels between Bangkok and Trang and derailed in Hua Hin district on October 5, is under way, said SRT governor Yutthana Thabjaroen.
An internal SRT investigation has initially established that Rerngsak Phanthep, the chief driver, became drowsy and incapable of operating the train because of medication he was taking.
Pluem Phetthongklaing, a superior of Rerngsak, said the driver had not fled the scene and had turned up for work regularly since the accident.
Provincial police chief Pol MajGeneral Rungroj Saengkhram said that besides Rerngsak, the engineer working with him at the time would be prosecuted for causing death and injury through recklessness, if the SRT investigation found he was at fault in carrying out his duties.
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