A mother and two young daughters killed when their car is hit by a train
A mother and two young daughters have been killed when their car was struck by a train at a railway crossing in Surat Thani’s Phun Pin district this morning.
The Nation reports that police say the accident happened at a rail crossing in front of the Tambon Phun Phin Administrative Organisation that is located between Maluan and Thung Pho railway stations.
The car was hit by a Bangkok-Yala train.
Police say 34 year old Amornrat Suator was killed behind the wheel and her 4 and 7 year old daughters died after being rushed to the Phun Pin Hospital.
Amornrat’s sister told police that Amornrat was sending her elder sister for special tuition and she might not have been familiar with the road that has a rail crossing without barriers.
Train passengers told police that the train driver used a horn to signal the car to move off the rails before the crash.
Surat Thani provincial governor Witchuwit Jinto says he has now instructed officials to improve visibility by cutting trees and tall grass near the rail crossing.
The governor says he would cooperate with the State Railway of Thailand to find measures to prevent more accidents. The same train hit a pickup truck in Surat Thani’s Tha Chana district on January 22, killing two people.
SOURCE: The Nation
