Tourist Police Volunteer Killed In Road Crash
Another drink related incident now which began with a minor road accident and led to the death of a Tourist Police Volunteer. Khun Wonduan aged 26, who is married to a foreigner, was out with her Thai boyfriend for the night and both drank heavily until it was time to go home. In the early hours of Sunday morning, both began their journey home in her husband’s silver Honda City and because of her intoxicated state, she was involved in a minor collision with a motorbike taxi driver who works at the front of Big C in North Pattaya. Khun Banjop aged 24 was not injured; however, Khun Wonduan panicked and decided to leave the scene of the crash in her slightly damaged car. Khun Banjop gave chase, during which, Khun Wonduan hit a number of stationary vehicles as she was not able to control her car due to the combination of excessive drinking and extreme panic. The chase continued to Naklua where a further and more serious crash occurred between the car and a motorbike with sidecar, driven by Khun Apichart aged 32, a Tourist Police Volunteer, who was returning home from his job at the Mountain Beach Hotel. He was thrown from the bike and was pronounced dead at the scene. Khun Wonduan decided to stop her car but remained inside the vehicle as she feared reprisals from family members of the victim who soon arrived at the scene. Police Sub-Lieutenant Pongsatorn from Banglamung Police Station soon arrived at the scene and placed the drunk driver under arrest and took her and her Thai boyfriend to the Police Station. She is now facing charges of drunk driving and reckless driving causing death. [via Pattaya City News]
Pick-Up Ploughs Onto The Dolphin Roundabout
A bizarre incident now from the Dolphin Roundabout in North Pattaya which occurred in the early hours of Monday Morning. Police Lieutenant Colonel Pongsawat and a team of rescue workers and Pattaya City Hall technicians made their way to the location after receiving word of a pick-up which had ploughed into the fountain at the center of the roundabout. The driver of the pick-up which featured logo’s of a popular Thai Newspaper, Siam Sport, Khun Jutawat aged 28 was clearly intoxicated and sustained minor facial injuries. A second man in the pick-up, Khun Pichitchai aged 32, who was heavily intoxicated and unconscious in the back seat of the vehicle was taken to hospital as a precaution but was released soon after. [via Pattaya City News]
Ed. I wouldn't normally open with such a depressing story as the tragic death of the Tourist Police volunteer but it looks to me like the lady did a runner from the initial accident because she was with her Thai boyfriend and not her farang husband and didn't want hubby to find out. The result of her decision to run is two families devastated by loss unless of course, the farang is foolish enough to buy his cheating wife out of the nick. If she is guilty, let's hope she is given enough time away to consider the consequences of her actions.
The accident at the Dolphin Roundabout is scary. How fast must they have been going to get their truck on top of the roundabout? Unbelievable nobody else got hurt in what is normally a very busy inter-section.
The message to everybody else going home late at night on a motorcycle is proceed with extreme caution, even at traffic lights in your favour. You just never know when some drunken tosser coming the other way doesn't even see the light. Day time mongering is starting to look more and more attractive.
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