Accident Pickup Truck Crashes Bypasses Level Crossing Barrier, Struck by Freight Train in Sattahip

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture from responders.

 

Police from Sattahip Police Station in Chonburi province responded to a collision on the  morning of 24 April, after a pickup truck attempted to drive around a railway crossing barrier, only to be hit by an oncoming freight train. The incident occurred at the railway crossing on Ban Noen Samakkhi Road, Moo 3, Bang Saray Subdistrict, Sattahip District.

 

Emergency responders from the Kled Kaew Subdistrict Municipality Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Unit, along with rescue personnel from the Sawang Rojanathammasathan Foundation, rushed to the scene.

 

 

Upon arrival, authorities discovered freight train No. 4524, en route from Map Ta Phut Station in Rayong to Laem Chabang Port in Si Racha, stopped near the crash site. Approximately 50 metres from the point of impact, an Isuzu D-Max pickup truck with Rayong registration plate was found damaged in nearby undergrowth.

 

 

Preliminary investigations, including footage retrieved from municipal CCTV cameras, revealed that the pickup truck had attempted to cross the railway line despite the barrier being down. The truck was struck by the train, causing damage and leaving the driver, 69-year-old Mr. Prasert Sanguanchom, seriously injured inside the vehicle. Rescue teams extricated him and he was urgently transported to Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.

 

Police continue to investigate the incident. Mr. Prasert will be questioned once he recovers from his injuries, and the train driver will also be interviewed as part of standard legal proceedings.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Sattahip News 2025-04-24.

 

 

 

[KhunBENQ]

Another day, another idiot.

These people are always in a hurry (to get to the next party?).

Only tank barriers can stop them.

[bdenner]

Is there no helping these people? This morning it was an idiot (ba ba bor bor) on bike who cleaned up his missus using the crossing gate and now this.

Ya gotta wunda!

[worgeordie]

I think I can make it , it was ok last week , I think I can make It,

I think I can make it .....crash ! , I thought I could make it....

 

regards worgeordie

[JoePai]

Hope the train is ok 

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