Fatal crash
Train slams into pickup truck
One person was killed and another injured when a Bangkok-bound train hit a pickup truck at a railway crossing in the Muang district of Phitsanulok on June 12.
The accident occurred at about 10:30 am. The train smashed into the truck as it was crossing the tracks, police said. There are no barriers at the crossing.
The force of the impact tore the truck in half. A passenger in the vehicle, Jakkapong Boonchu, 22, died at the scene. The pickup truck driver, Nopparat Dingklang, was rushed to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.