Chiang Mai teenager killed in train fall

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Teenager killed in train fall

CHIANG MAI:-- A teenage schoolboy from Chiang Mai died on Sunday night after falling from a train returning home from Bangkok.

Jakrapat Chaiwongsa, 15, who was coming home from playing a football match in the capital with his team from Vachiralai School, fell from the train just after midnight....

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/11/16/teenager-killed-train-fall

-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-11-16

[MESmith]

"Cops believe....."

What kind of reporter says "cops"?

RIP young fella.

[webfact]

High School Footballer Falls to Death From Train
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter


Police investigate the scene under a railroad bridge where a high school athlete died just after midnight this morning in Phitsanulok province. Photo: Courtesy Phitsanulok rescue workers foundation

PHITSANULOK — A 15-year-old student died just after midnight this morning after falling from a moving train in Phitsanulok province – the second such accident in the past two weeks.

The student was traveling home from a football match and fell from the Bangkok to Chiang Mai train as it passed over a bridge, police say. He was identified as Jakkrapatara Chaiyawangsa, a member of the Vachiralai School football team.

According to Lt. Col. Sombat Srimora, an officer at a local police station, Jakkrapattara was traveling with 27 other students and teachers from the same school. Sombat suspected the victim accidentally fell from an open door in the train car as it passed over a bridge, and he fell five meters to his death.

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1447674384&typecate=06&section=


-- Khaosod English 2015-11-17

[flyDelight]

I bet these kids behaved extremely annoying to other passengers. They just never grow up.

[davehowden]

How did he get UNDER the bridge??

Maybe somebody threw him off?

By the time those goons have finished stomping around in the dark any clues will have been trashed.

Edited November 16, 2015 by davehowden

[SOTIRIOS]

....I hope that nobody else was involved....

...I hope they investigate...

[Nemesis7]

possible. many people stands near by the train doors while crossing such bridges. any many were also planned and was thrown over while crossing over such bridges too.