Train Hits Tractor, Drags It One Kilometer

 | Wed 11 Jun 2014 22:18 ICT

CityNews – A train collision has been reported in which a train carrying fuel has crashed into a tractor in Lampang  Railway Station (travelling at 15-30 kph) on 10thJune around 8.15 p.m. 

The tractor was reported to be completely destroyed, and was found lying at the side of the railway line.  The driver had fled the scene and is yet to be caught.

The investigation has concluded that the tractor driver was crossing the railway tracks, when the tractor’s wheel became lodged in the rails, resulting in the collision. The tractor was dragged for almost one kilometer. No one was injured and no other property was damaged.   
       
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