Bangkok: Relatives have received the final bodies of the victims of the train-bus collision. Relatives of the last victim in the train-bus collision at the Asoke-Din Daeng intersection have arrived to claim the body after police spent days tracking down leads. Speaking tearfully, they revealed the deceased lived alone, worked hard, had no family, and only kept in contact with distant relatives.
According to Thai News Agency, the atmosphere at the Forensic Medicine Institute, Police Hospital, today was somber as the family of Mr. Sermlap Pinthong, or "A," 44, the eighth victim of the tragedy, arrived to collect his body for religious ceremonies. Before arriving at the Forensic Medicine Institute, Mr. Sermlap's family had already gone to the Makkasan Police Station this morning to obtain an identification certificate, following standard procedure.
After no relatives came forward to report a missing person, the police spent a considerable amount of time following up on leads. Eventually, they were able to contact a cousin from the deceased's father's side to undergo a DNA test for comparison and identification, successfully confirming the individual's identity, even though the two had never met before.
Ms. Nanthawal Nakrob, 60 years old, a relative on the mother's side of the deceased, along with other relatives who traveled from Nonthaburi Province, revealed that she had raised the deceased since childhood, and they had slept in the same house before separating to live their own lives and not seeing each other for over 30 years.
When the incident happened, she was still watching the news and never imagined that one of the deceased would be a family member. It wasn't until friends of the deceased and the company they worked for contacted them that they immediately traveled there last week to handle the paperwork. The family emphasized that their trip was not for any financial gain or compensation. They simply wanted to retrieve the body for religious ceremonies and to say goodbye to the deceased for the last time.
Following this, relatives will take the deceased's body to Wat Chomphu Wek in Mueang Nonthaburi district for religious ceremonies, as this is where the ashes of the deceased's parents and sister are interred. Regarding the deceased's room, the family is currently discussing whether or not to enter and manage the situation.
Representatives from the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) arrived at the Forensic Institute to express their condolences to the families of the deceased. They pledged to take responsibility for handling the collection of the bodies, arranging religious ceremonies, and providing full support and assistance, including compensation in accordance with relevant regulations.