Two men and four women were killed and a girl was severely injured when an oil tanker train crashed into a pick-up truck at a train crossing in Thailand's eastern province of Rayong Wednesday afternoon.

The accident happened at 1:20 P.M. (0620 GMT) in the province's Mabtapud district, according to the website of The Nation's newspaper.

The pick-up truck was crossing the road and was crashed into by the speeding train.

Five died at the scene and a woman died on her way to hospital.

(Xinhua News Agency April 2, 2008)