The Mayor of Nasan was killed by an oncoming train when he drove his car over a railway crossing yesterday in Surat Thani province in southern Thailand. One of four barriers was broken.
Kosol Sutthangkun, the 63 year old Mayor of Nasan Municipality, was driving home from a funeral when he was fatally struck by Bangkok – Trang Express Train 84 at a railway crossing near Ban Nasan Railway Station at 8.17pm.
At 8.30pm, officers from Ban Nasan Police Station and rescue services arrived at the scene to retrieve Kosol’s body from his mangled Toyota Fortuner.
Superintendent of Ban Nasan Police Station Pol. Col. Witthawee Paritanon said that a railway employee stationed at the crossing testified that there are four sliding barriers that come across the road to block cars when trains pass through, but one of them is currently broken.
Mayor Kosol drove onto the tracks but couldn’t…
