August 28, 20179 yr Woman killed by train in Nong Khai By The Nation NONG KHAI: -- A woman was killed by a Nong Khai-Bangkok passenger train while walking home in Nong Khai’s Srakrai district on Sunday evening. Police said the accident happened at about 6.30pm in Ban None Thong Chai village in tambon Srakai, Srakrai district. The woman was identified as Rassamee Sinthu, 42. Witnesses told police that Rassamee drank with friends before she walked along the railway track to go home. The train driver said he turned on the train’s horn but she did not get out of the way. -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-28
August 28, 20179 yr The driver said, he sounded the horn but she didnt move out of the way. Surely he would have tried to stop the train !! After all trains here dont go very fast.
August 28, 20179 yr 26 minutes ago, colinneil said: Surely he would have tried to stop the train !! What fantastic insight! I wonder if he tried that.
August 28, 20179 yr Trains are called silent killers as you don't hear them approaching. But a horn that's different. Almost got killed myself walking on a track. No sooner I step off the track a train wizzed by. I didn't hear a thing. Scared the heck out of me.
August 28, 20179 yr 1 hour ago, Beats56 said: Trains are called silent killers as you don't hear them approaching. But a horn that's different. Almost got killed myself walking on a track. No sooner I step off the track a train wizzed by. I didn't hear a thing. Scared the heck out of me. That's why the authorities make it an offense to trespass on railway. Have you ever had to go out and remove a body that has been hit by a train. I have on a number of occasions and I can tell you it;s not a pretty sight. Even today, I can still see the past but fortunately it has not given me any lasting nightmares.
August 28, 20179 yr friend's wife's sister was walking along the train tracks chatting on the phone, last thing she ever did. there's a reason why you dont walk on train tracks
August 28, 20179 yr 10 hours ago, colinneil said: The driver said, he sounded the horn but she didnt move out of the way. Surely he would have tried to stop the train !! After all trains here dont go very fast. Ahhhhh the train tracks are for trains no matter how fast or slow they go, Why the heck was a pedestrian walking on them? Maybe she liked a horn or two and didn't want to get out of its way?
August 28, 20179 yr I have been on a train ride that first hit a moose and we stopped for a few minutes to clear it from the front. Then the next day we hear the horn blow and breaks go on and we hit a man who was walking on the tracks. Later we found out that he was depressed and this was his way out. We got a new driver for the train at the next stop. I have taken several train rides in both Canada and Thailand since and have been lucky not to have had the train stop for hitting something. RIP to the poor lady who made a bad decision to walk on the tracks as it should always be considered as train time. Geezer
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