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Foreigner killed by train: He was lying on the rails drinking and playing on his phone


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Muang district police and rescue services in Udon Thani in NE Thailand were called after a Myanmar construction worker was run over by a train.

 

It happened near a construction site in the vicinity of the Nong Bua market junction. 

 

The victim was dressed in a singlet and sarong. Mya Win, 28, had horrific head injuries. There was a bottle of alcohol near the mangled body. 

 

A Thai colleague, Udorn, 28, said that he had seen his friend doing what he often did - play on his phone with his head propped up on the rails. 

 

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He thought nothing of this and had a shower and went to bed. He was alerted with the news of what had happened and called the authorities.

 

The police said that it appeared that the man was so engrossed in his phone that he had not heard the arrival of the #417 diesel service that had left Korat at 3.55 pm and was due in at Udon Thani at 9 pm. 

 

The Myanmar embassy and relatives were being informed, reported Siam Rath who reminded their readers of the folly of lying on the tracks. 

 

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

reported Siam Rath who reminded their readers of the folly of lying on the tracks

Oh heavens, if you need reminding of this you should be in the safety of a padded cell , not in the community !

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

A Thai colleague, Udorn, 28, said that he had seen his friend doing what he often did - play on his phone with his head propped up on the rails.

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The police said that it appeared that the man was so engrossed in his phone that he had not heard the arrival of the #417 diesel service

Nor felt the vibrations coming down the track... 

he won't do that again.

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4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

 

This seems like a suicide apart from the fact that the deceased reportedly did this often. 

 

 

 

All his previous attempts weren't as successful as this last one...

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7 hours ago, Jotnar said:

" man was so engrossed in his phone that he had not heard the arrival of the #417 diesel service"

 

Highly unlikely, more like passed out from the alcohol.  

I think so. Im sure that if not he'd had felt the rail vibrating. Also given where this is, very close to Udon railway station, Im sure they sound the loud horn on approach.

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To me , the "friend" report sounds a little fishy.

I imagine this scenario:

Guy is drinking,   gets in fight with friend...

Friend bashes in guy's face,  he doesn't mean to kill him (maybe he does) .... thinks if a way to "hide" the bashed in face... 

Oh ya, the guy always lays with head in tracks,   that's normal 

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