A black pickup truck that was carrying 13 Songkran celebrants is badly damaged after being struck by a train at a railway crossing in Photharam district of Ratchaburi on Friday afternoon. (Photo from @pr.railway Facebook account)RATCHABURI: A boy was killed and six other Songkran celebrants hurt when a southbound train rammed into their pickup truck at a railway crossing in Photharam district on Friday afternoon. The fatal crash happened at the crossing between the Photharam and Chet Samian railway stations in tambon Ban Khoi at around 3.30pm, Thai media reported. Police inspect the crash scene at the unmanned railway crossing in Photharam district of Ratchaburi. The crash threw a 10-year-old boy sitting in the bed out of the vehicle.

Source: Bangkok Post April 15, 2017 07:07 UTC