Level crossing accident in Thailand.

Just received this from Thailand.

SIX people – a Malaysian woman and five Thai men –
were killed today when a truck crashed through the
gates of a level crossing and derailed a train in
Thailand.

The 12-car Butterworth-Bangkok express went off the
rails in Ratchaburi, 100km west of Bangkok, after the
truck crashed through the closed gates, a State
Railway of Thailand official said.
Two of the carriages had passed the crossing when the
truck, laden with grain, hit.

"The truck hit the train's third car," the official
said.
Five people, including the Malaysian woman, were
killed immediately and another died in hospital, the
railway official said.

The woman and two of the Thais were in the train,
while the three other Thais were in the truck

 

Here is an update, and a different version of events.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/23Mar2006_news21.php