Thailand ? Two passenger trains collided near a beach resort town south of Bangkok early today, killing three people and injuring about 60 others, rail officials said.

The accident occurred before dawn when a Bangkok-bound train took the wrong track and hit an oncoming train head-on just outside the station in Hua Hin, said Wichai Choochumporn, head of the station. Four passenger cars derailed from the impact.

Initial investigations showed that the Bangkok-bound train ignored a red light when it started moving down the wrong track, Wichai said. The other train had departed from Bangkok and was headed to the southern city of Yala.