Close call for 15 passengers as train crashes into van in Suphan Buri

By The Nation

 

 

A passenger train driver is being credited with saving the lives of 15 Thai tourists after he braked at the last minute and slowed down before hitting a passenger van at a railway crossing in Suphan Buri late on Friday.

 

As a result of the driver's quick action, no one in the van was killed or severely injured. Some of the passengers suffered bruises in the accident on Bang Li-Nong Walpriang road in Ban Hua Sakae village in Tambon None Phra Prang of Suphan Buri's Song Phi Nong district.

 

The van driver, Aroon Thassnakron, 62, said he was taking the passengers from Ratchaburi to visit Mae Sot district in Tak.

 

He said it was raining heavily and he did not see an oncoming train when he drove past the rail crossing.

 

The train driver applied his brakes and the passengers in the van screamed as the train careened towards them and hit the back of the van, shunting it onto the road.

 

The van passengers thanked the train driver for saving their lives by stopping the train in time.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30356827

 

 

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Guess the red flashing lights at the crossing woke him up

I don't see any flashing lights or boom gates which is why this accident probably happened .

3 minutes ago, keith101 said:

I don't see any flashing lights or boom gates which is why this accident probably happened .

Apparently nor did the driver ????.  And in the video the traffic is flowing again so the lights would be off !!!

Very lucky van passengers - in future "let the train take the strain" as we say in the UK. Congratulations to train driver.

Been to the station a couple of times, but don't recall ever seein a train here, after all we only get one a day in each direction!

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

He said it was raining heavily and he did not see an oncoming train when he drove past the rail crossing.

Then he shouldn't be behind the wheel of a vehicle. And, yes, I know, the same can be said of innumerable Thai drivers.

14 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

Been to the station a couple of times, but don't recall ever seein a train here, after all we only get one a day in each direction!

One a day is enough to get you killed when the van driver is blind!!

21 hours ago, rooster59 said:

He said it was raining heavily and he did not see an oncoming train when he drove past the rail crossing.

Hard to believe. Did he even look before passing the rail crossing? My guess is no.

Looks like it will be hard to find a lottery ticket with 15 at the end

Trains don’t hit vans! Vans hit trains