Briton killed in Samui road accident, Russian in custody

[webfact]

Briton killed in Samui road accident, Russian in custody

By The Nation

 

 

A Russian tourist faces charges after a 69-year-old British man was struck and killed by a car on Koh Samui late Wednesday night.

Deputy inspector Pol Capt Nawee Jittabal said he and other officials were summoned to the accident scene in front of the Samui Ice factory in Tambon Mae Nam at 1am Thursday.

 

They found the body of Peter William at the roadside and Andrei Kolesnikov, 31, driver of the Mazda that allegedly struck him, sitting nearby.

The spellings of both names are as recorded in Thai by the police.

 

A witness identifying herself only as Rungnapha told police she’d seen the Briton parking his motorcycle opposite a beer bar and waiting to cross the road when a speeding car hit him.

 

She said the impact hurled the man some 25 metres.

 

The area was poorly lit, she added.

 

The Russian is in custody pending legal action.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30335987

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-01-11

[greatwhitenorth]

I really can t think of anything I like about Russians other than most of them are still in Russia.

 

If he was speeding and the old Brit was standing at the curb when hit, the Ruskie should spend a while as a guest of the Thai Government 

[Bob12345]

38 minutes ago, webfact said:

She said the impact hurled the man some 25 metres

Wow, guess the guy was driving somewhere around 600km/h to be able to accomplish that.

[Deli]

Tourists go to jail, hi-so locals travel to S'pore

 

 

[korkenzieher]

It takes a lot of energy to dent a bonnet (hood) like that - closing speed of 100mph. Maybe greater. This is what terrifies me about living here - take all the precautions you like - but then some clown driving in the dark, down twisty lanes, at speeds he wouldn't dare do at home, comes into your space. RIP Mr Peter.

[Emster23]

Had to be a tourist unaware of Thai culture and mores: he didn't run away

[toughlove]

There is not a Russian in Thailand who isn't drunk after dark.. He is in for a lot of pain

[superdome]

Typical Russian[i live on samui]..have never seen a sober one yet..give him 25yrs in Bkk hilton...RIP the poor Brit.

[Mickmouse1]

I wonder if it was the other way around , or the driver was Thai?

[ttrd]

1 hour ago, Bob12345 said:

Wow, guess the guy was driving somewhere around 600km/h to be able to accomplish that.

You have obviously slept or otherwise not been present during physics lessons...

[Blackheart1916]

Our Russian contingent has certainly been living up to their dashcam reputation lately haven't they.

[2008bangkok]

Ow dear, Drunk, Speeding and Killing all in one. RIP to the person and bye bye to Ruskie

[goldenbrwn1]

I thought the Russians had had their fill of battering and trying to kill Brit pensioners at Euros 2016.  

 

Rip old fella.

Edited January 11, 2018 by goldenbrwn1

[mercman24]

if ya want to see how the Russians drive click on you tube, rip young man. you were enjoying your life.

[Cranky]

No evidence whatsoever to say the Boris was drunk or speeding.  Cars are designed to dent easily.  Who's to know if the Brit was hammered and stumbled in to the path of the car?  

[richard_smith237]

The Briton had parked his bike and was 'waiting' to cross the road.

 

I'm not sure that statement is correct. Had the Briton been waiting to cross the road would he not have been at the side of the road waiting next to his bike. 

 

There was no report that the Mazda left the road. It would appear that the Briton may have already been in the centre of the road when hit given that the damage to the car is central. 

 

It could be that the Briton mistakenly crossed the road at the wrong time. Perhaps he didn't see the approaching Mazda.

 

The Briton was apparently heading to a bar, had he already been drinking which caused his miscalculation when crossing the road ?

 

Was the Russian Speeding ? had the Russian been drinking ?

 

A lot of people on this thread so far have blamed the Russian, but British Man may have been complicit in his own tragic demise. 

 

[jspill]

30 minutes ago, Cranky said:

No evidence whatsoever to say the Boris was drunk or speeding.  Cars are designed to dent easily.  Who's to know if the Brit was hammered and stumbled in to the path of the car?  

The witness saw a speeding car and the Brit waiting to cross the road. 

[Argus Tuft]

I see the Russian bashing has started in earnest.  Jury has obviously made their decision already.

[maximillian]

23 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The Briton had parked his bike and was 'waiting' to cross the road.

 

I'm not sure that statement is correct. Had the Briton been waiting to cross the road would he not have been at the side of the road waiting next to his bike. 

 

There was no report that the Mazda left the road. It would appear that the Briton may have already been in the centre of the road when hit given that the damage to the car is central. 

 

It could be that the Briton mistakenly crossed the road at the wrong time. Perhaps he didn't see the approaching Mazda.

 

The Briton was apparently heading to a bar, had he already been drinking which caused his miscalculation when crossing the road ?

 

Was the Russian Speeding ? had the Russian been drinking ?

 

A lot of people on this thread so far have blamed the Russian, but British Man may have been complicit in his own tragic demise. 

 

First comment without prejudice towards Russians. Thank you R.S.

[m0n5ter]

Whatever you do don't forget to blame the Russians. Came to a beer bar by a bike and was "suddenly" hit by a car in the middle of the dark road? Russians are to blame!

[Kieran00001]

2 hours ago, greatwhitenorth said:

I really can t think of anything I like about Russians other than most of them are still in Russia.

 

If he was speeding and the old Brit was standing at the curb when hit, the Ruskie should spend a while as a guest of the Thai Government 

 

There is nothing at all I like about simple fools who feel they can generalize on entire nationalities, but like half your post, that is completely off topic.

[hobobo]

41 minutes ago, Cranky said:

No evidence whatsoever to say the Boris was drunk or speeding.  Cars are designed to dent easily.  Who's to know if the Brit was hammered and stumbled in to the path of the car?  

Read the thread again. There was a witness!

[ttrd]

37 minutes ago, Cranky said:

No evidence whatsoever to say the Boris was drunk or speeding.  Cars are designed to dent easily.  Who's to know if the Brit was hammered and stumbled in to the path of the car?  

RE - Who's to know if the Brit was hammered and stumbled in to the path of the car?  

 

....and then throw himself 25 meters away.... the article's description of the victim doesnt fit With spiderman or his alike...

[Kieran00001]

Just now, hobobo said:

Read the thread again. There was a witness!

 

Since when have eye witnesses been able to confirm how fast a car was travelling?  

[LennyW]

8 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

Since when have eye witnesses been able to confirm how fast a car was travelling?  

You obviously dont know the TVF members on here........some of them can give an exact speed from a grainy youtube video on a phone captured from an angle on a flickering CCTV across 4 lanes of traffic in the dark, good they are!!!

Edited January 11, 2018 by LennyW

[evadgib]

41 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

A lot of people on this thread so far have blamed the Russian, but British Man may have been complicit in his own tragic demise. 

That is a long, fast & dark stretch of road with a kerb therefore the Brit would have been on the road when parking his bike.

[ttrd]

1 minute ago, LennyW said:

You obviously dont know the TVF members on here........some of them can give an exact speed from a grainy youtube video on a phone captured from a flickering CCTV across 4 lanes of traffic in the dark, good they are!!!

... during rainy season...

[sawadee1947]

Sad and fatal story.....But at 1am you should not ride a bike nor hanging around a beer bar. It's too dangerous on Thailand's roads. he paid a high price for his beer unfortunately. If it was the drivers's fault only...who knows.

[richard_smith237]

8 minutes ago, ttrd said:

RE - Who's to know if the Brit was hammered and stumbled in to the path of the car?  

 

....and then throw himself 25 meters away.... the article's description of the victim doesnt fit With spiderman or his alike...

 

As with any of these reports we read in the news in Thailand we should not be taking measurements as fact. 25 meters is a long way - but all a reporter needs is someone to say "Thats about 25 meters" for them to quote it and it becomes pseudo-fact in a long drawn out argumentative thread...  It could have been as little as 5 meters - we don't really know unless there was an official measurement. 

 

How many times do we read - "the Bike was thrown / dragged 100m" when a collision has been reported? do we really believe this and take it as fact?

 

I think we should apply a little cynicism to the measurements in these reports, especially given the highly emotive content reported. 

 

 

 

[lust]

The photo is kind of strange. It appears the body is blurred beside the car, yet the car is in the middle of the road. I’m assuming the driver stopped his car in the middle of the road after striking the pedestrian. Unless someone moved the car parallel to the body to get a photo of it. 

 

I just don’t understand how he was hit if he was waiting to cross the road. 

 

No conspiracy theories. Just interesting.