Three killed on railway crossing in Hua Hin

The overturned car after it was driven into the path of a passenger train at a controlled railway crossing in Hua Hin in the early hours of Thursday. The car driver and two passengers were killed and a fourth person seriously injured. (Photo: Sawang Hua Hin rescue team)

A policeman and two women were killed and another man seriously hurt when their car was hit by a passenger train at a crossing with automatic barriers in Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, in the early hours of Thursday.

The crash occurred at the Soi Hua Hin 94 crossing in Hua Hin municipal area about 4am, Pol Lt Thanetphon Sermphong, deputy investigation chief at Hua Hin, said.