Teenage Girl Dies After Being Hit By Train: Bangkok Asok-Phetchaburi Railroad Crossing

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Teenage girl dies after being hit by train

BANGKOK, May 21--- A woman was hit and killed by an oncoming train in downtown Bangkok on Monday morning as she crossed the Asok-Phetchaburi railroad crossing.

The body of Budreeyah U-ngarmsil, 18, was retrieved from a wheel mounting of train No. 283 outbound from Bangkok to Chon Buri’s Plutaluang after being hit by the train during the morning rush hour on Asok-Montri Road near the Airport Rail Link’s Makkasan station.

A preliminary investigation found that Ms Budreeyah walked onto the Asok-Phetchaburi railroad crossing and stood in the middle of the track when a siren sounded warning that the train was coming. She was hit and died instantly.

Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the accident. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-05-21

[geriatrickid]

People are regularly mowed down on railway tracks.

I pity the workers that had to pull the bits and pieces of the deceased from the wheel housing.

Edited May 21, 2012 by tomat
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[laurentbkk]

how come she was walking in the middle of the track while a train was approaching ? Its not very clear to me .... anyway sorry for this girl to lose her life in such tragic way,

[Screws]

"Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the accident."

BF / GF issues?

[ratcatcher]

The cause of the accident would seem to be "Ms Budreeyah walked onto the Asok-Phetchaburi railroad crossing and stood in the middle of the track ". Cause and effect.

R.I.P. young lady.

[vahack]

how come she was walking in the middle of the track while a train was approaching ? Its not very clear to me .... anyway sorry for this girl to lose her life in such tragic way,

"Ms Budreeyah walked onto the Asok-Phetchaburi railroad crossing and stood in the middle of the track"

[Fatherfluffybottom]

Very tragic, sounds like it may be suicide.Not nice job for people having to scrape up her body.

[kruangfaifar]

"Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the accident."

BF / GF issues?

Maybe she was deaf! If she did it intentionally there could be any number of reasons why. Anyway Condolences to her family and hopefully a child hasn't lost its mother.

[Aardvark]

Made my Blood run cold when I read it ... RIP young Lady. I hope it wasn't for a Boy !

[Misterwhisper]

It's just speculation on a story that surely is going to change or at least become more complete in subsequent reporting, but could it be she committed suicide? I mean, she allegedly STOOD in the middle of the railroad track - and trains surely do not approach at Mach 2, do they?

I know that crossing very well. You have to climb over the tracks to get from Makkasan airport link station to Petchaburi MRT station (or vice versa). First thing I do before crossing is looking left and right to see if there's a train coming or not. But I do see many others who are just waltzing on without checking.

[Skywalker69]

[spidermike007]

I do not want to sound cold, or as if I have no compassion, but Thai people are simply not taught how to cross the road, or merge into traffic. I cannot tell you how many times I am driving on a main boulevard or main road, and someone merges into traffic and is not even looking my way. They simple drive into the road without looking. As if they are bulletproof. As if nothing in the world could hurt them. As if they could survive a passing cement truck, no problem. No concern for either their own well being, that of their passengers, or that of the person about to collide into them. What is up with that? Where are the driving skills in the LOS?

[jampola]

Sadly this happens all the time in Australia, both suicidal and accidental.

The difference is you don't hear about the 1000's of suicides that happen each year in Australia as the media is prohibited from reporting on it (for good reason)

RIP

Edited May 21, 2012 by jampola

[sprq]

It pays to read carefully. The phrasing in the report clearly indicates suicide. Only another different account of what happened, from another source, or an update from the same source, could challenge that conclusion.

[voracious]

Where there are trains, there will be suicide by train.

Sad & unfortunate. It happens here in the USA as well...

[JannoDL]

I do not want to sound cold, or as if I have no compassion, but Thai people are simply not taught how to cross the road, or merge into traffic. I cannot tell you how many times I am driving on a main boulevard or main road, and someone merges into traffic and is not even looking my way. They simple drive into the road without looking. As if they are bulletproof. As if nothing in the world could hurt them. As if they could survive a passing cement truck, no problem. No concern for either their own well being, that of their passengers, or that of the person about to collide into them. What is up with that? Where are the driving skills in the LOS?

Sadly this is what they learn in driving school.

He who comes first wins...

[NanLaew]

....I cannot tell you how many times I am driving on a main boulevard or main road, and someone merges into traffic and is not even looking my way. They simple drive into the road without looking. As if they are bulletproof. As if nothing in the world could hurt them. As if they could survive a passing cement truck, no problem. No concern for either their own well being, that of their passengers, or that of the person about to collide into them. What is up with that? Where are the driving skills in the LOS?

Contrary to standard right-of-way laws in other countries and common sense, the merging traffic has right of way here in Thailand. Maybe the law was originally drafted to allow buffalo carts to ease onto tracks but nowadays, despite the fact that the only buffalo's you will encounter are behind the wheel, the same law still applies to main roads and motorways.

[ralphlsasser]

I do not want to sound cold, or as if I have no compassion, but Thai people are simply not taught how to cross the road, or merge into traffic. I cannot tell you how many times I am driving on a main boulevard or main road, and someone merges into traffic and is not even looking my way. They simple drive into the road without looking. As if they are bulletproof. As if nothing in the world could hurt them. As if they could survive a passing cement truck, no problem. No concern for either their own well being, that of their passengers, or that of the person about to collide into them. What is up with that? Where are the driving skills in the LOS?

Thai's are not taught critical thinking skills. She is an example of that fact. RIP young lady.

[dude007]

Sadly this happens all the time in Australia, both suicidal and accidental.

The difference is you don't hear about the 1000's of suicides that happen each year in Australia as the media is prohibited from reporting on it (for good reason)

RIP

Is that really true???? Prohibited from reporting? I never heard this before!

[dude007]

so what did the railroad guard do? He must have been "onlooking"! After all it's him that closes the road for the oncoming trains! Fled the scene?

[ratcatcher]

I forgot to add my sympathies to the crew in the cab whose last image was the face of a troubled teenager as she vanished to her death under the train.

Since trains at that location are slow moving it must have seemed to them to happen in slow motion.

Edited May 21, 2012 by ratcatcher

[krading]

I do not want to sound cold, or as if I have no compassion, but Thai people are simply not taught how to cross the road,

I don't know about in the big smoke but out here in the sticks I see parents standing by the side of the road with their kid in their arms pointing out the cars going by.

Seems the first words they learn are "rot mar".

[PingManDan]

Sounds like a case of wanting to die, depression & suicide is a major killer, if this was the case.

Sad, very sad.

[Kilgore Trout]

how come she was walking in the middle of the track while a train was approaching ? Its not very clear to me .... anyway sorry for this girl to lose her life in such tragic way,

Perhaps reading the article would make it more clear that she wasn't walking;

A preliminary investigation found that Ms Budreeyah walked onto the Asok-Phetchaburi railroad crossing and stood in the middle of the track when a siren sounded warning that the train was coming. She was hit and died instantly.

Edited May 21, 2012 by Kilgore Trout

[malcy]

Maybe she was listening to her iPod with her headphones on like 99% of teenagers seem to do and never heard the siren . Either way very sad .

[supaprik]

Sadly this happens all the time in Australia, both suicidal and accidental.

The difference is you don't hear about the 1000's of suicides that happen each year in Australia as the media is prohibited from reporting on it (for good reason)

RIP

Can you please post your verifiable statistics,reports and or other documented evidence for your above statements? I worked in Australia for many years in this area and I am not to pleased about being lied to by all of the government agencies, welfare groups and emergency services that I was involved in!!!!

[BBurns]

Ok first yes it's a sad story and all human life is precious. That being said.... I see it as a suicide or Darwinism at its best. If suicide that is sad. If not then, How the F$%k do you NOT see a train Coming at you when your STANDING ON the frigging tracks honey. Stupid is as stupid does. Also to Mr. High speed police man... Investigation, really? LOL

[BBurns]

how come she was walking in the middle of the track while a train was approaching ? Its not very clear to me .... anyway sorry for this girl to lose her life in such tragic way,

Perhaps reading the article would make it more clear that she wasn't walking;

A preliminary investigation found that Ms Budreeyah walked onto the Asok-Phetchaburi railroad crossing and stood in the middle of the track when a siren sounded warning that the train was coming. She was hit and died instantly.

[BBurns]

I forgot to add my sympathies to the crew in the cab whose last image was the face of a troubled teenager as she vanished to her death under the train.

Since trains at that location are slow moving it must have seemed to them to happen in slow motion.

Rat,

Agreed, poor girl but I feel worse for the crew. What a nasty mess And talk about bad dreams... Gives me the shivers.

[tinfoilhat]

I do not want to sound cold, or as if I have no compassion, but Thai people are simply not taught how to cross the road, or merge into traffic. I cannot tell you how many times I am driving on a main boulevard or main road, and someone merges into traffic and is not even looking my way. They simple drive into the road without looking. As if they are bulletproof. As if nothing in the world could hurt them. As if they could survive a passing cement truck, no problem. No concern for either their own well being, that of their passengers, or that of the person about to collide into them. What is up with that? Where are the driving skills in the LOS?

Thai's are not taught critical thinking skills. She is an example of that fact. RIP young lady.

And how do you either of you justify these sweeping remarks?

Do you posses any knowledge or information that has not been shared here? Did you know her personally? Did you know her parents or teachers or even any of her friends?

Could you please share your inside knowledge of what or what she was, or was not, taught with the board?

I would like to know how this woman's death is at all indicative of what all thais are taught, because thus far the only things i have seen clearly demonstrated here are your respective needs to spout utter unsupported <deleted> on a public forum regarding the death of someone you don't even know.

honestly, how pathetically smug can you possibly get?

Edited May 21, 2012 by tinfoilhat