Rescuers gather around the wrecked pickup truck after it was hit by the train in the picture at a railway crossing and thrown into the adjoining paddy field in Phitsanulok's Muang district around noon on Thursday. (Photo by Chinnawat Singha)PHITSANULOK – The driver of a pickup truck was killed and his passenger badly hurt when their vehicle was hit by an oil train at a railway crossing in Muang district around noon on Thursday. The force of the impact threw the black pickup off the tracks and into an adjoining paddy field. An automatic barrier had been installed at the railway crossing, but it was not yet operating. Rescue workers and police rush to the aid of the two men trapped in their pickup after it was struck by a freight train at a crossing in Muang district, Phitsanulok around noon on Thursday.

Source: Bangkok Post March 09, 2017 09:00 UTC