Train hits motorcycle, schoolgirl killed
published : 14 Mar 2022 at 14:29
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Prasit Tangprasert
A 14-year-old schoolgirl was killed when a train hit the motorcycle on which she was the passenger at a railway crossing in Nakhon Ratchasima on Monday.
The accident happened at about 10.30am at the railway crossing in tambon Lat Bua Khao.
The motorcycle 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. Prapassorn was riding pillion.
As they aproached the railway crossing he saw the safety barrier was lowered. He claimed he could not stop because his accelerator pedal was stuck. So he went around the safety barrier and across the track. The train hit the rear of his bike.
He and Prapassorn were thrown off the bike. Prapassorn was killed while he escaped with minor injuries.
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- accelerator: the pedal in a car or other vehicle that you press with your foot to control the speed of the engine - คันเร่ง
- barrier: a bar or gate that stops people, animals or vehicles from entering a place - สิ่งกีดขวางทางผ่าน
- injury (noun): physical damage done to a person or a part of their body - อาการบาดเจ็บ
- minor: not important; small; having little influence or effect - เล็กน้อย
- pillion (adj): riding behind the driver of a motorcycle - นั่งซ้อนท้าย (รถจักรยานยนต์, จักรยาน)
- stuck: unable to move, or fixed in a particular position or place - ติด
