4 killed when pick-up truck hit by train

Nakhon Ratchasima - Four people were killed when their pick-up truck was hit by a train at a rail crossing in this northeastern province early Sunday.

The accident happened at 3:30 am on the a road in None Soong district.

Three were killed at the scene. They were identified as Khachachart Huangklang, 25, Naruecha Niyomchuen, 30, and Suphannee Pookthamai, 25.

Another victim, Thanakorn Thomjorhor, 15, died at the None Soong Hospital.

The accident also severely injured Nongnuch Sikaew, 27.

Somsak Dulklang, 30, escaped unhurt because he was riding at the back of the pick-up. He said he jumped off the truck in time before it was hit by the speeding train.

-- The Nation 2011-04-03

Very sad indeed. RIP.

Let's learn from this.

Me thinks again poor reporting from the Nation. It would be good to get the full story. Manned or unmanned crossing/ barriers or not? Whatever It would appear happened, pick up driver tried to beat train and lost? RIP the Innocent.

jb1

Edited April 3, 201115 yr by jimbeam1

Me thinks again poor reporting from the Nation. It would be good to get the full story. Manned or unmanned crossing/ barriers or not? Whatever It would appear happened, pick up driver tried to beat train and lost? RIP the Innocent.

jb1

No, can't suggest blame in Thai media. Strange laws about that here. Can get sued easily.

It's very sad to see such young lives cut short.

Very sad indeed. RIP.

Let's learn from this.

No learning seems to happen, the amount of Rail Crossing Deaths in this Country per Year is incredibly high..

RIP

It is always sad when this happens ans we dont have the full story so we assume the pick up did not see the train or warning lights or maybe just thought he couls save a few minutes, it happens all over the world and it cost lives. A speeding train here I suppose is 60kph so should have seen it?

Today as I approached a level crossing I was overtaken by 5 cars on a blind bens with double yellows, luckily they all stopped to see the train trundle across the road. Perhaps they had heard of the Korat accident and took note of that, but not of overtaking on a blind bend. There is much work to do with driving standards and behaviours, sorry to say.

Sad accident, but I don't believe the train was speeding.

happens all the time the world over, barrier = ignore, humans are not so clever even though they think they are