News Forum - Broken railway crossing barrier in Thailand costs local mayor his life

[Thaiger]

The Mayor of Nasan was killed by an oncoming train when he drove his car over a railway crossing yesterday in Surat Thani province in southern Thailand. One of four barriers was broken. Kosol Sutthangkun, the 63 year old Mayor of Nasan Municipality, was driving home from a funeral when he was fatally struck by …

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[HolyCowCm]

 Didn't have a gumption to use common sense and look first? I am sure there were lights flashing. And this guy was a mayor running a city? OMG!

[Ramanathan.P]

May be it is the fault of the GPS....

[avantgarde_a_clue]

17 minutes ago, Ramanathan.P said:

May be it is the fault of the GPS....

Computer says GO

[Ramanathan.P]

2 hours ago, avantgarde_a_clue said:

Computer says GO

Yeah....but the computer failed to say which one must go.....train or truck....that is the confusion

[Skip]

Didn't hear the train because of his hearing being impaired by the "music" at the funeral... same song over and over at max volume from 10,000 amp speakers can do that.