Foreigner found dead on train track
A male foreigner died of a sudden blood-circulation failure just before his body was hit by a train yesterday morning in Prachin Buri's Muang district, an autopsy revealed yesterday.
Following a report of a train running over Broen Alan George, 68, in an isolated area near Prachin Thani Road, police and rescue workers found his body. The man was shirtless and wore black shorts, brown leather shoes and socks. Police also found a blue bag containing a Thai national flag, an English-language book, a valium prescription from a doctor at Samitivej Hospital and clothes.
The driver of the Prachin Buri-Bangkok train, Jaturong Sonrit, told police he was travelling towards Bangkok at 5am when he saw the foreigner laying partly on the track, as if he was sleeping or unconscious. Jaturong did not have time to stop the train, which struck the man. An investigation found that some people had spotted the foreigner wandering around the train station market prior to the incident.
Police sent the man’s body for autopsy to Chaopraya Apaipubet Hospital and were trying to contact his family.
