Panic on Bangkok bound train - driver faints when coming into southern station

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that there was panic on a Bangkok bound train when its driver fainted as they were coming into Thung Song station in Nakhon Srithammarat, southern Thailand.

 

Fortunately the quick actions of the driver's mate in stopping the train averted a disaster.

 

Driver Jakkrit, 50, was given CPR in the cab and came round after the incident yesterday evening at 6.15 in Pak Phraek sub-district.

 

The assistant said that Jakkrit had driven the train from Kantang in Trang and they were headed for Bangkok.

 

The driver has an existing condition that has flared up but is now safe and sound in Thung Song Hospital.

 

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[steven100]

16 minutes ago, webfact said:

The driver has an existing condition that has flared up

and he's a train driver  

[actonion]

Good to hear he's safe and sound,  but how about the  pannicking  passengers health too

[Red Phoenix]

And the obvious question whether the train driver was mandated to take the jabs in order to keep his job was not addressed. But the fact that he needed CPR is already an indication...

[brianthainess]

Do Thai trains not have a dead man control ? better than a dead man IN control. 

[Shuya]

8 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Do Thai trains not have a dead man control ? better than a dead man IN control. 

When you but your locomotives from Alibaba... 

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, actonion said:

Good to hear he's safe and sound,  but how about the  pannicking  passengers health too

How would they know the driver had passed out until later

[sammieuk1]

How first aid has moved on here CPR for fainting may make the driver wish he hadn't come round ????  

[swm59nj]

His preexisting condition might not have been an issue for his job at the time.  It is possible to have a medical condition which unfortunately gets worse over time. 
Good thing the train was stopped.  It could maybe have been equipped with an automatic braking system.  But the assistant took action immediately before that were to happen 

[billd766]

Perhaps the driver had a blackout and he was unaware of his condition.

 

I had one 3 weeks ago and knew nothing about it until I woke up in hospital.

 

I had, and still have, no idea what happened until my wife told me the following day. I simply lost 24 hours.

 

Granted I am 78, but I had no idea that could happen to me.

 

That was also the day I quit driving, just in case.

[Lee65]

7 hours ago, Red Phoenix said:

And the obvious question whether the train driver was mandated to take the jabs in order to keep his job was not addressed. 

Are you daring to cast aspersions toward the trusted jibby jabs?

[scorecard]

8 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Do Thai trains not have a dead man control ? better than a dead man IN control. 

This has been mentioned several times before. The answer is YES they DO. But several times it's been discovered there's a brick or whatever holding the dead mans pedal down permenantly.

 

Bound to happen.

 

Another example, when the BTS maintenace depot was first used there was an accident with a train (unattended) running out of the shed and onto the tracks and 1 or 2 folks killed.

 

It was discovered that there was a serious safety protocol regarading the locking of the door to the shed.

 

But just 1 or 2 days after the maintenance shed started operation a shoe or something had been placed between the door and the door frame to keep it always unlocked.  

 

[richard_smith237]

9 hours ago, steven100 said:

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The driver has an existing condition that has flared up

and he's a train driver  

He may get demoted to ‘Bus Driver’ after this.....   

[Gandtee]

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

Perhaps the driver had a blackout and he was unaware of his condition.

 

I had one 3 weeks ago and knew nothing about it until I woke up in hospital.

 

I had, and still have, no idea what happened until my wife told me the following day. I simply lost 24 hours.

 

Granted I am 78, but I had no idea that could happen to me.

 

That was also the day I quit driving, just in case.

Wise man.

[Burma Bill]

9 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Do Thai trains not have a dead man control ? 

The locomotive pictured above, is one of the new Chinese built for SRT. Delivery commenced last year.

For reference:

 

The first 20 locomotives among a batch of 50 ordered from Chinese manufacturer CRRC Qishuyan Ltd were shipped to Sriracha Train Yard in Chonburi...................... The new diesel-electric locomotives use German-made engines............................They come equipped with an ATP [Automatic Train Protection] brake system and CCTV cameras, have low emission rates and are compatible European Train Control System (ETCS) level 1.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40011931

 

Interesting, they have German engines, unlike the Thai submarines!!

[trainman34014]

11 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Do Thai trains not have a dead man control ? better than a dead man IN control. 

Even more important to have a 'Brain Dead' handle here !

[billd766]

20 hours ago, Gandtee said:

Wise man.

There comes a time when we all have to face reality and mine was waking up in hospital with no idea why I was there or how I got there.

 

What scares me is that if I did drive, I may black out again, have an accident and kill some innocent person and not even know I had done it.

 

It is easier to quit while I am ahead.

[herfiehandbag]

On 3/15/2023 at 7:21 AM, brianthainess said:

Do Thai trains not have a dead man control ? better than a dead man IN control. 

Yes I am sure that they do, but as the cab was double manned it was unnecessary and may have been isolated. Most locomotive hauled trains here are double manned (driver and secondman), only the local railcars are single manned.

 

I suspect that there is some confusion in reporting or translation, along with exaggeration. CPR seems a bit over the top if the driver fainted. If it was a locomotive hauled train then the passengers would have been unaware - perhaps startled by a sudden stop. If it was a multiple unit, only somebody standing in the front gangway could have known what happened to the driver.