Grieving relatives have collected the body a Korean national who was killed when a crane collapsed onto a train in Thailand.

Family members retrieved the bodies of Kim Yongho, 37, and his Thai wife Surattiyakorn Kanya, 35, from a hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima province on January 16.

The couple were killed when a construction crane collapsed onto their carriage on January 14.

Heartbreaking footage shows Kim's mother breaking down in tears upon seeing the box containing her son's body. They verified the couple's identities before rescue teams transported the coffins to their home.

Surattiyakorn's mother, Lam-yong Kanya, 60, said the pair had been together for more than a decade before returning to Thailand in December to formally register their marriage.

She said: 'They were going home to Si Sa Ket after registering their marriage, with plans to register it again at the local district office, when the collapse happened. I never expected such an accident would take their lives.'

The locomotive was taking hundreds of locals and tourists from the capital Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima province when the construction equipment crashed onto the tracks. It had been working on the concrete supports for a high-speed rail line running above the existing route.

Officials confirmed 32 passengers had been killed and at least 66 others injured, with eight in a critical condition, in the crash in the Ban Thanon Khot district of Nakhon Ratchasima.

Holidaymakers Friedrich Wilhelm, from Germany, and Kim Yongho, from South Korea, were among the fatalities, which also included a one-year-old and an 85-year-old. Many tourists had left the train at earlier stops on the busy route.

The State Railway of Thailand said it would provide 40,000 baht in funeral expenses for each deceased victim and an additional 40,000 baht in compensation, along with assistance in transporting the bodies.

Police said the service involved was the Special Express Train No. 21 (Bangkok–Ubon Ratchathani), which had left the capital a few hours earlier.

Victims were taken to the Sikhio Hospital, Sung Noen Hospital, and Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital.

Just a day later, another crane collapsed along a road in Bangkok, killing two drivers.

Two pickup trucks were buried under the carnage of concrete slabs and metal. Paramedics pronounced Somphong Srisuk, 50, and Sarawut Wetchakarn, 41, dead at the scene near the Tha Chin River Bridge, on January 15.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he would cancel the construction contracts involved and place the contractor, Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited, on a blacklist.

Special committees have been formed to investigate both incidents, and a fact-finding report is expected within a week, he added.

Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited was also previously involved in the collapse of the State Audit Office building in March 2025.