One killed, another injured as train hits pickup at level crossing
A pickup truck was hit by an approaching train, killing a passenger and injuring another, after the driver apparently tried to circumvent a barrier at a railway crossing in Chachoengsao province.
Police said the accident occurred at 9.30pm at the railway crossing near the Don Si Non railway station in Tambon Nong Bua, Ban Pho district.
Police said the pickup driver managed to open the door and flee before the vehicle was hit. He also fled the scene.
The accident killed a Cambodian woman who was sitting behind the driver while a Cambodian man in the front passenger seat was severely injured.
An eyewitness, Kriengkrai Luangcharoenporn, 43, told police that when the pickup arrived at the crossing, the barrier had already been lowered to block the lane.
Kriengkrai, who lives at his grocery store on the opposite side of the road, said the driver tried to skirt around the barrier but the vehicle’s wheels got stuck on the tracks. Kriengkrai said he saw the driver open the door and narrowly escape before the vehicle was hit by the cargo train.
