A woman was killed when a string of uncoupled, loaded railway flatcars slammed into her motorcycle at a railway crossing in Bang Sue district yesterday morning.
The accident occurred around 6.30am at a crossing on Pracha Chuen Road, near Bang Son train station, according to Pol Maj Chalit Chantaphan, traffic inspector at Tao Pun police station.
Honda Jazz sedan was also hit by the wagons at the crossing. Its driver, Napaphat Wongsaengkaew, 25, escaped injury.
She told police that railway staff had already lifted the barrier after a train passed and two cars had crossed the tracks ahead of her as she approached the crossing. Suddenly, the uncoupled flatcars loaded with rail sleepers ploughed into her car. Ms Napaphat said she did not notice at the time that the runaway wagons had also hit a motorcycle and killed its rider.
At the scene, 10 loaded flatcars were stopped on the line with the body of the unknown female rider and the wreckage of a red Honda Wave motorcycle jammed under the wheels of the first wagon.
Suthon Nanthapol, the crossing gatekeeper, told police the train had already passed through the crossing when he lifted the barrier. He did not see the uncoupled flatcars also coming down the track about 50 metres behind the train and they hit the car and the motorcycle, dragging them about 100 metres along the track.
Meanwhile, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Wuthichart Kalayanamitr said a preliminary investigation suggested a coupling attaching the flatcars behind the train was broken, resulting in the accident. Mr Wuthichart said he had instructed the SRT mechanical engineering depart ment to inspect other trains and the equipment before their regular services. He extended his sympathy to the family of the dead woman and said the SRT was willing to provide assistance and pay com pensation. "I have to apologise for the acci dent and the SRT will not deny any respon sibility," he said
A woman was killed when a string of uncoupled, loaded railway flatcars slammed into her motorcycle at a railway crossing in Bang Sue district yesterday morning. The accident occurred around 6.30am at a crossing on Pracha Chuen Road, near Bang Son train station, according to Pol Maj Chalit Chantaphan, traffic inspector at Tao Pun police station. Honda Jazz sedan was also hit by the wagons at the crossing. Its driver, Napaphat Wongsaengkaew, 25, escaped injury. She told police that railway staff had already lifted the barrier after a train passed and two cars had crossed the tracks ahead of her as she approached the crossing. Suddenly, the uncoupled flatcars loaded with rail sleepers ploughed into her car. Ms Napaphat said she did not notice at the time that the runaway wagons had also hit a motorcycle and killed its rider. At the scene, 10 loaded flatcars were stopped on the line with the body of the unknown female rider and the wreckage of a red Honda Wave motorcycle jammed under the wheels of the first wagon. Suthon Nanthapol, the crossing gatekeeper, told police the train had already passed through the crossing when he lifted the barrier. He did not see the uncoupled flatcars also coming down the track about 50 metres behind the train and they hit the car and the motorcycle, dragging them about 100 metres along the track.Meanwhile, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Wuthichart Kalayanamitr said a preliminary investigation suggested a coupling attaching the flatcars behind the train was broken, resulting in the accident. Mr Wuthichart said he had instructed the SRT mechanical engineering depart ment to inspect other trains and the equipment before their regular services. He extended his sympathy to the family of the dead woman and said the SRT was willing to provide assistance and pay com pensation. "I have to apologise for the acci dent and the SRT will not deny any respon sibility," he said
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