A foreign traveler fell from a train and crashed to his death while photographing the scenic route of the “Death Road” railway. The incident happened last Tuesday in Kanchanaburi province in Thailand.
The warehouse was passing the famous wooden railway bridge past the Krasaye cave, around 11:50 in the morning when the accident happened. According to eyewitnesses, the traveler boarded the train at the River Kwai station in the Muang district. The final station on his ticket was Nam Tok Station in Sai Yok District. When the train pulled into the famous wooden railway bridge called “Death Road” and slowed down, the man opened the car door to take good pictures, but suddenly slipped and fell.
The police and rescue volunteers arrived at the scene and found the passenger’s body 8 meters below the rails. According to police spokesman Sai Yok, the deceased has been identified as 45-year-old Patrick Ward from New Zealand. His body has been sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the General Police Hospital in Bangkok for an autopsy, the New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok is already aware of the NP.
According to the authorities’ plan, trains must necessarily reduce their speed in this area – during the movement on the 400-meter wooden railway bridge, tourists have time to enjoy the view of the River Kwai and take a series of pictures before reaching Tham Krasai station.
The infamous Thai-Burma Railway, also known as the “Road of Death”, stretched 415 km between Bangkok (Thailand) and Rangoon (Burma – now Myanmar), was built by Japanese prisoners of war in 1943 to support their troops during World War II world war About 304 km of the railway passed through the territory of Thailand. This place has become a popular tourist destination in the province of Kanchanaburi, which is famous for its national parks with dense jungles, waterfalls, and limestone caves.