Elderly woman’s foot cannot be reattached after train accident

By The Nation

 

 

KORAT: -- A 71-year-old woman whose left foot was severed by a train at the Pak Chong Train Station in Nakhon Ratchasima province on Sunday was recovering but her foot cannot be reattached due to serious damage, according to a report on Monday by E-jan, a social media-based news group.

Rice-cracker vendor Sukan Phrombutr’s was being cared for by an unnamed individual who told E-jan in a phone interview that the elderly woman’s left foot could not be reattached while the small toe on her right foot had also been shattered and had to be amputated. 

 

Sukan was recovering while being monitored for any signs of infection.

 

She was reportedly walking across eight railway tracks outside the station’s crossing zone when she was hit by a 14-carriage train transporting gasoline at around 7am on Sunday.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30324444

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-21

The danger of walking on railway lines is quite obvious but largely ignored in Thailand.

If you decide to walk on railway lines if something goes wrong, it is you who is to blame and not the train or driver.

It baffles me how so many people in this country, usually while driving, are unable to see or hear a train. I know that Thais are often in their own little bubble, but it really shouldn't be that difficult to know that a train is bearing down on you.

Dancing days = over.

Donations pour in for elderly woman injured in train mishap

By The Nation

 

 

KORAT: -- A 71-year-old Nakhon Ratchasima woman who lost her left foot while crossing a railway track has been showered with donations from kind-hearted people.

 

Sukan Phrombutr, who has been earning a living selling rice crackers outside the train station in Pak Chong, broke down in tears on Monday when she was shown the nearly Bt800,000 that’s accumulated in a bank account for her.

 

Station chief Pisit Saengphrom visited her in hospital at the same time and gave her another Bt10,000 to help with her welfare. 

 

The day before, Sukan had been crossing the eight parallel tracks at the station when a train transporting gasoline approached too quickly for her to get out of the way. Her foot was severed.

 

Sukan, now recovering at Pak Chong Nana Hospital, has no living relatives, but has been aided in recent years by Lek Prajonnuan, 59, and his wife Supat, 56.

 

It was Lek who made the appeal for donations and as of Monday had collected Bt792,467. 

 

Lek and his wife have known Sukan since she worked for them as a corn harvester a decade ago and have continued to take care of her. 

 

Lek said he would move the donated money to a new account in Sukan’s name and planned to contribute more from his own pocket.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30324539

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-22

Lek appears to be a good man ! hope for her speedy recovery

Hope farang was not driving the train, on time, in the right line and at the right speed.

11 hours ago, hansnl said:

The danger of walking on railway lines is quite obvious but largely ignored in Thailand.

If you decide to walk on railway lines if something goes wrong, it is you who is to blame and not the train or driver.

You would be surprised how quiet trains, i.e diesel locomotives, can be when you are upstream of them.