News Forum - Train smashes into car in eastern Thailand, 1 killed and 3 seriously injured

[Thaiger]

A car crashed through a barrier and was hit by a train in Chon Buri province, eastern Thailand, at 2am this morning. One woman was killed in the crash and three more people are seriously injured. Officers at Don Hua Lo Police Station received a report at 2am that a train had hit a car where the road and railway track intersect in Don Hua Lo subdistrict in Mueang district. Police, doctors from Chon Buri Hospital and rescue workers rushed to the scene. At the scene, officials found a destroyed black Honda sedan. Rescue workers cut two men and one […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

Cars and motorbikes are extremely reluctant to stop for skolkids at the zebra crossing outside our school. Obviously, even a barrier wouldn't help.

[Ramanathan.P]

It is a norm in developing countries like Thailand, India etc where people don't wait for the train to pass through. They will simply cross as they like expecting the train to apply emergency brake for them. These huge machines are fully loaded with locomotives and they are moving at great strength to pull the entire chain of coaches. Unless people are properly educated about the danger of such crossing, things will continue to happen. One way is to educate is to change the heading of such news. I should be "Vehicle crossed the path of the train and 1 killed and 3 injured" Put the blame on the vehicle not the train

[Giltee]

The car crashed through the barrier. Sounds like speed was involved.