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A Man Had His Leg Chopped Off After Ran Over by Train

Kampot: A man had his left leg completely chopped off while he was sleeping by the side of the railway and put his leg on the track. The incident happened in the night on 21 August 2016 in Angkor Chey district, Kampot province.

Police identified the man as a 25 years old Van Samnang. He had been drinking before he ended up sleeping by the side of the railway and was run over by the freight train from Sihanoukville.

After realising that the train hit a person, the train driver pulled over the train and helped bringing the man to a hospital.

Attention, spoiler contains graphic picture

Along with the thread on Deathpats list in Cambodia, is it not time to have a thread on Railway Deaths in Cambodia.
So what's our total so far ?

barangs die by drug overdose, drowning, chinese die by stabbing, shooting, khmer die by ran over by trains

Train Kills Man Who Slept on Tracks After Quarrel

by Buth Kimsay and Phan Soumy | August 18, 2016

Children taking cattle to graze in a field found the body of a 30-year-old man along a set of train tracks in Kampot province on Wednesday, an official said.

The man, Real Khna, was struck and killed at about 3 a.m. by a freight train traveling from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, said Sok Mala, traffic police chief in Kampot’s Banteay Meas district.

According to witnesses, Real Khna returned home after drinking with friends on Tuesday night, then argued with his mother and broke a television set before leaving the house with a backpack, Mr. Mala said.

Officials believe he then fell asleep on the tracks, he said.

“He should not have been angry about his mother’s advice to be a good person, and he should not have fallen asleep on the rails.”

full-story.....https://www.cambodiadaily.com/brief/tra ... el-116855/

I've met a few train wrecks in Cambodia.

Looks like the freight train is winning Death Race, is it the same guy driving? Do they give them time off for trauma?

Being a railway accident statistic is a rare (if not coveted) distinction in Cambodia

but William Huskisson has every else beaten ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Huskisson

... this was in our O-Level history

Kampot: According to primary information, truck carries ice crashed into a train, but non has been injured. The accident happened around 11 on 03 September 2016 in Angkor Chey district, Kampot province.

The cause of the accident is unknown.

''The cause of the accident is unknown. ''

I'm going to vote stupidity.

Luigi wrote:''The cause of the accident is unknown. ''

I'm going to vote stupidity.

"Truck full of ice." Say no more.