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Motorcyclist cuts in front of train, schoolgirl pillion rider killed

A rescuer examines the motorcycle hit by a train at a railway crossing in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Si Khiu district on Monday morning. The 14-year-old pillion passenger was killed. The 13 year-old driver suffered minor injuries. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A 14-year-old schoolgirl was killed when a train hit the motorcycle on which she was the passenger at a guarded railway crossing in Si Khiu district on Monday.

Pol Capt Sanoh Nualchanthuek, a Si Khiu duty officer, said the accident occurred about 10.30am at the railway crossing at Ban Don Wua, Moo 10, in tambon Lat Bua Khao.

The motorcylce was driven by 13-year-old Pongpisut Panyawai. He told police he and his friend Prapassorn Iamsa-ard, 14, were on their way to Ban Mai Samrong School in tambon Lat Bua Khao. Prapassorn was riding…

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