News Forum - Train smashes car off the tracks in southern Thailand, killing 3

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A car smashed through the barrier at a railroad crossing and was hit by a passenger train early this morning in Hua Hin in southern Thailand. Three people were killed in the collision. One person survived with injuries. At 4am, officers at Hua Hin Police Station received a report of a train crashing into a car at the railroad crossing on Soi Hua Hin 94 between Nong Kae Railway Station and Hua Hin Railway Station in Hua Hin district in Thailand’s Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Police, rescue workers from the Sawang Hua Hin Thammasathan Foundation Rescue Unit, and the Chief […]

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Something's afoot. Policeman in such an accident could only mean foul play. There are barriers to normally stop vehicles from crossing, especially, when a train is approaching. Why are there two young girls in the car? What nationality? Too many unanswered questions. Lately, police misconducts are the issues in Thailand. 

Edited December 11, 2022 by DWSC

[Bluesofa]

On 12/8/2022 at 11:26 AM, Thaiger said:

Volunteers pushed the damaged train to Hua Hin Station to undergo repairs

I find it surprising that people could push a train. I wonder how many 'volunteers' it took?

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They’re a community. If they don’t push the train then traveling to Bangkok will be very inconvenient and expensive for them. Train fares are cheap and they don’t necessarily seat in the higher classes.