The spot on the rail track, about 300 metres from Wang Yen railway station in Muang district, Kanchanaburi, where a terminally ill man was run over and killed by a train on Monday afternoon. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: A man in the final stage of tracheal cancer was run over and killed by a train after lying down on the tracks near a railway station in Muang district on Monday afternoon.
Pol Capt Thammarat Sukhiwong, a Muang police investigator, said the incident occurred about 5.30pm, shortly after train 259 (Thon Buri-Nam Tok) departed Wang Yen railway station in tambon Wang Yen for Nam Tok station.
The train driver, who was not identified, told police the train was still gaining speed when he first saw the …
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