April 23, 2018
Second train accident on new Poipet line
A driver was injured after his pick-up truck was hit by a train on Saturday morning, marking the second accident since the launch of the new Poipet to Serey Sophon train line two weeks ago.

The deputy chief of Poipet city police said the accident was caused due to the driver’s lack of attention and reckless driving.
He said the family of the driver took responsibility for the damages and will not file a lawsuit against the rail company.

“Reckless driving caused the accident because the driver didn’t look left and right when he was at the crossroads,” the chief added. “The train hit the truck and dragged it about 50 metres until it came to a halt.”

John Guiry, CEO of the Royal Railway, said that the truck driver should have been more careful because the train had the right of way.

“The train has the right of way and the train driver was blowing the whistle,” he said. “The car in the front stopped. The car coming from the opposite way stopped. The truck decided to overtake the car and got hit by the train.”

This is the second time an accident happened on the Poipet line. Another accident happened earlier this month, when no one was injured.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50303627/s ... ipet-line/

The trains are running three times a day in each direction, so they will soon get used to it. Crashes will still happen though.

Meanwhile, people living trackside in PP have airport trains passing twice an hour now. Life will be very different for them.

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:26 pm “The train has the right of way and the train driver was blowing the whistle,” he said. “The car in the front stopped. The car coming from the opposite way stopped. The truck decided to overtake the car and got hit by the train.”

Captain Bonez wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:18 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:26 pm “The train has the right of way and the train driver was blowing the whistle,” he said. “The car in the front stopped. The car coming from the opposite way stopped. The truck decided to overtake the car and got hit by the train.”

LOL. Learning about right of way, the hard way. Sounds like he drove straight into the train.

These threads always get derailed

that genius wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:46 pm These threads always get derailed

Yeah, by your shitty fucking puns

Go and smoke some more dope and listen to more poof-metal.

Then tell us about magic cars full of polystyrene.

chavs...

Triggered

Hahaha, says the leathered guy who came out over a pun

No limey vocab suitable for your retort?

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