Woman hit, killed by train in Hat Yai

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Woman hit, killed by train in Hat Yai

16 October 2023 at 12: 27 PUBLISHED

Woman hit, killed by train in Hat Yai
Police search the tracks in Songkhla’s Hat Yai region, where a woman was struck and killed on Monday morning by an oncoming train. Assawin Pakkawan in the picture

SONGKHLA: On Monday morning in the Hat Yai region, a regional train struck and killed the woman.

She was hit around 8.25 a.m., close to the Tha Sae railroad bridge, about two kilometers from the Hat Yai railway bridge, according to Pol Lt. Col. Nimman Nikuno.

A person, in her 40s, was discovered dead next to the rail track with brain injuries, according to police and volunteers who arrived at the scene. Local teach 463 traveling along the Phatthlung-Sungai Kolok way had struck her. She also had her handbag, phone, and other belongings.

Before continuing to the Hat Yai railroad bridge, the train made a brief stop there.

The girl was from the North and had been staying in a friend’s home for two weeks, according to Aed, 47, who informed the police. He observed her sitting carelessly close to the songs on Sunday. Later, as she bowed toward the track, he claimed, she was almost hit in the head by a passing station.

He observed her sitting at the same location on Monday night, but this time much closer to the track. She sat motionless and bowed down when the train arrived, blowing a caution whistle, and was struck, he claimed.