Pickup hit by train at rail crossing, driver escapes death

October 13, 2023

PUBLISHED : 13 Oct 2023 at 12:20

Police inspect the scene of a crash involving a pickup truck and a train at a railway crossing in Chaiya district of Surat Thani province on Friday. (Photo: Supapong Chaolan)

SURAT THANI: A man narrowly escaped death when a pick-up he was driving was hit by an oncoming train at a railway crossing in Chaiya district of this southern province early on Friday.

Police said the incident occurred at about 3.50am at a railway crossing near a market in tambon Talad…