RATCHABURI - A 53-year-old man was run over and killed by a train while he was filming a video for social-media content on Wednesday morning.
Police from Ratchaburi station were called to Chulalongkorn Bridge train station in tambon Na Muang of Muang district about 8.20am. They found Wirote Aranyaket's torso lying on the track, with the rest of his severed parts scattered around the area.
His broken folding bicycle, livestreaming gear and tripod were also found at the scene.
He was hit by train No.252 travelling from Prachuap Khiri Khan to Bangkok’s Thon Buri.
The 58-year-old train driver, Noppadon Ruaenpetch, told police he saw a man sitting very close to the track, looking at his phone mounted on a tripod. Unable to stop, he sounded the train's whistle as a warning for him to move away. The man failed to do so in time.
The train hit the man and dragged his body 200 to 300 metres down the line and onto the bridge over the river, police said.
Wirote's wife, Wanwadee, told reporters that in the morning they had both taken their daughter to school, which is where she works too. Her husband told her he intended to make a video to post on social media before returning to their home.
Police found a video on Wirote's phone showing him talking into the camera near the tracks.
Wirote was an English tutor who had online pages about cycling and travelling on Facebook and TikTok, where his viewers are now leaving comments of condolence.
Police found a video Wirote recorded at the scene in his phone, which showed him talking to the camera near the track. (Photo: screenshot)