SOURCE: Pattaya City News: April 13th 2007

Train crashes with car in Banglamung, two men killed, two seriously injured.

Police Major Winai from Banglamung Police Station along with Sawang Boriboon Rescue Workers were called to a level crossing in Soi Nonghin in Banglamung after reports of a train collision with a car was received.

At the location rescuers dealt with two men inside the car who were baldy injured and taken to Hospital. Two others were killed in the crash between a Mercedes Benz and a train traveling from Rayong to Kon Gaen Province.

At this particular crossing there are no barriers, only warning lights warn drivers of an approaching train. One of the surviving passengers in the car mentioned that no attempt was made by the driver to slow down as he approached the crossing.

The dead men were named as Khun Wisit aged 33 and Khun Choochart aged 18. Their families have been informed of the accident and Police and rail officials are continuing to investigate the crash.

Graphic photographs of severly injured withheld for reasons of good taste.

An interesting observation was made in the report by Pattaya Daily News:

SOURCE: Pattaya Daily News: Friday April 13th 2007

After checking the car, the police found a popular image of the Buddha (Jatukam ramatehp) hanging on the mirror, which had sustained no damage, but had apparently failed to fulfil the driver’s faith in it.