NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — 16 February 2026, A 26-year-old man was killed after being struck by a train while lying across railway tracks in Phra Phrom district on Sunday morning.
Pol. Col. Thatthep Klam-aem, superintendent of Phra Phrom Police Station, said officers were alerted to the incident at 10:30 near the tracks before Mamuang Song Ton Station, Moo 4, Na San subdistrict.
Emergency responders, including a duty doctor from Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital and volunteers from Pracha Ruamjai Foundation, arrived at the scene and found Bangkok–Nakhon Si Thammarat Train No. 85 stopped on the tracks.
Investigators said the train was travelling from Bangkok towards its final destination in Nakhon Si Thammarat and was about 5 km from the station, near the boundary between Phra Phrom and Mueang districts, when the driver spotted a man lying across the rails at close range. The driver applied the brakes but was unable to stop in time.
The deceased was later identified. 26 years old and a resident of Mamuang Song Ton subdistrict, Mueang district.
Relatives have come forward to provide statements to investigators at Phra Phrom Police Station and have taken the body for religious rites.
Police have not released further details regarding the circumstances leading up to the incident.
