A pickup truck driver and two monks miraculously escaped death or injury when the vehicle in which they were travelling was rammed by a train at a railway crossing in Saiyoke district of Kanchanaburi Saturday afternoon.
However, the pickup truck was badly damaged and thrown into a ditch beside the railroad by the force of the impact.
The accident happened at a railway crossing in Ban Wang Yai, Tambon Thasao of Saiyoke district at about 1.30 pm.
The driver later told police that he was not familiar with the route and didn’t notice that a train was approaching as he tried to cross the rail. He said that there was no barricade nor was there any official at the railway crossing to warn motorists of incoming trains.
He added that he and his two occupants, two monks, were lucky to escape unhurt as their vehicle was thrown into the ditch and was not dragged by the train.
