Hearing-impaired Chinese man killed by a train in Bangkok

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Hearing-impaired Chinese man killed by a train
Khanathit Srihirundaj
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A hearing-impaired Chinese man was killed in the heart of Bangkok yesterday when he was hit by a train.

Shen Guozhu, 62, collided with the train in front of the Miracle Grand Convention Hotel in Bangkok's Lak Si district.

He was still alive when rescue workers and police reached the scene at 10pm; however, he later succumbed to his injuries due to excessive loss of blood.

Shen was apparently staying at the hotel and collided with the train when he crossed the train tracks to get back to the hotel. It was believed that he was unaware of the approaching the train until it was too late as he was hearing-impaired.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Hearing-impaired-Chinese-man-killed-by-a-train-30262972.html


-- The Nation 2015-06-24

[halloween]

Controlled crossing or not?

My sympathy goes to the train driver. My father had 3 suicides step in front of his train, and I am assured it is not a pleasant experience.

[kotsak]

Google street view location.

https://goo.gl/maps/TYkQr

[oneday]

So there was probably no warning lights anywhere to take into consideration that hearing impaired or deaf people actually exist in our world. Of course not, TIT.

R.I.P.

[ratcatcher]

BANGKOK: -- A hearing-impaired Chinese man was killed in the heart of Bangkok yesterday when he was hit by a train.

Too bad about the man losing his life when he walked in front of a train while crossing the railway tracks at an

uncontrolled crossing used by pedestrians as a short cut from a bus stop.

Since it was also night time, apparently he must also have been visually impaired not to have seen the train's headlights.

It would seem as if Bangkok has undergone a heart transplant if Lak Si is considered "the heart"

Just a couple of kms south of DMK.

[SOTIRIOS]

...that is not a crossing....

[kotsak]

It's a TIT style crossing.

Edited June 24, 2015 by kotsak

[jackanapes]

a Chinese man was hit by a train in Bangkok and later died from his injuries was found to be hard of hearing and didn't hear the train until it was too late .

[maidee]

who puts a train in the middle of a capital

[Sviss Geez]

who puts a train in the middle of a capital

Countries with train services.

[Sviss Geez]

a Chinese man was hit by a train in Bangkok and later died from his injuries was found to be hard of hearing and didn't hear the train until it was too late .

Pathetic attempt at humour at the expense of someone who died tragically.

[Keesters]

Note that the road is marked out as a zebra crossing.

[ratcatcher]

...that is not a crossing....

It is when it is used by people to cross from the Vibhavadee Rangsit Rd bus stop to the frontage road in front of the Miracle Grand Hotel running parallel to the tracks..

You obviously do not know the area.

[ratcatcher]

who puts a train in the middle of a capital

Get a map. Lak Si is not in the middle of Bangkok.

[razer]

When will Thailand come to the 20th century when it concerns the railroad? Yes. 20th Century.

A city center (Pia Thai) train stop that looks like a boat ramp

Guys with little flags stopping pedestrians and motorbikes from crossing

Hand operated crossing signal and barriers

Just another example of what corruption, cronyism, nepotism and incompetence does to a country's infrastructure.

[henry15]

I know the area, I can't understand why he has to cross te railroadn theire is nothing on the other side, only Whiphawadi Rd,. Furter more its an very bussy constructionsite for the Red Line.

[ratcatcher]

I know the area, I can't understand why he has to cross te railroadn theire is nothing on the other side, only Whiphawadi Rd,. Furter more its an very bussy constructionsite for the Red Line.

Why did the Chinaman cross the tracks?

Because he was possibly returning TO his hotel (Grand Miracle) got out of a van or bus at the sala bus stop and crossed FROM Vibhavadhi Rd to the frontage rd. Possibly.

Any clearer?

Edited June 24, 2015 by ratcatcher

[halloween]

When will Thailand come to the 20th century when it concerns the railroad? Yes. 20th Century.

A city center (Pia Thai) train stop that looks like a boat ramp

Guys with little flags stopping pedestrians and motorbikes from crossing

Hand operated crossing signal and barriers

Just another example of what corruption, cronyism, nepotism and incompetence does to a country's infrastructure.

You could also include lack of funding for automation upgrades. In Oz, at the pedestrian crossings for schools, guys (and gals) with flags stop the pedestrians and traffic (alternately) to allow safe crossing. It actually works better than traffic lights because there is an observer to note wrong-doing.

[murphya33]

Completely unaware of their surroundings like most Chinese tourists in this country.

[Thai at Heart]

Completely unaware of their surroundings like most Chinese tourists in this country.

Sadly he probably expected there to be a fence along a railway line.

[halloween]

Sadly he probably expected there to be a fence along a railway line.

So with no fence, he was wondering what those steel rails were for? wouldn't a fence at a crossing be, ummm, counter-productive?

[Chicog]

Completely unaware of their surroundings like most Chinese tourists in this country.

Sadly he probably expected there to be a fence along a railway line.

And was so pleased that he walked across a railway line without looking to see if there was a train coming?

I would do that and I can hear properly.

[Rumblecat]

Completely unaware of their surroundings like most Chinese tourists in this country.

"What did you do today, dear?"

"Oh, I used the tragic death of a hearing impaired person as an excuse to slate an entire country."

[USNret]

Completely unaware of their surroundings like most Chinese tourists in this country.

Sadly he probably expected there to be a fence along a railway line.

Like they have along all Chinese railroads, right?