Russian tourist on motorcycle strikes Pattaya rescue worker

[webfact]

Russian tourist on motorcycle strikes Pattaya rescue worker

By The Nation

 

 

Police in Pattaya detained a Russian tourist believed to be intoxicated and speeding when his high-powered motorcycle struck a rescue worker at 1am Thursday.
 

Apimon Sathornkij, 37, had come to the aid of another motorcyclist who’d upended in front of the Harley-Davidson service centre on Sukhumvit Road in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district when Oleg Volobujev, 45, allegedly ploughed into him.

 

Police said Volobujev, who had a Thai woman riding pillion, was speeding and was so drunk that all he could say was that he was indeed drunk.

 

He was taken to the police station and, once sober, would have to negotiate compensation for Apimon.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30342005

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-29

[rebo]

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

once sober, would have to negotiate compensation for Apimon.

Thai judicial system in full swing ...

[Basil B]

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He was taken to the police station and, once sober, would have to negotiate compensation for Apimon.

Presume he had no insurance???

 

Probably no licence two, the local only to happy to rent a bike to any piss artist as long as they can pay, if the Russian wont pay then I think the owner of the bike should be liable.

 

How about a few weeks behind bars for the Russian too... though I think he may have spent too much time in the other type of bars.

[Henrik Andersen]

I am tried of big bike's driving of Russian men they driving high speed drunk and have no control over there bike and stupid Thai lady not say no to drive with him 

[zaphod reborn]

Instead of wasting their time on trying to educate tourists about cultural awareness, they should show videos on arriving flights on the lack of road safety in Thailand.

[balo]

So why did they not arrest that bastard , only lucky he did not kill anyone. High powered bike, no helmet, drunk , what could possibly go wrong ?

[mikebell]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

He was taken to the police station and, once sober, would have to negotiate compensation for Apimon.

And the police.

[Moti24]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

He was taken to the police station and, once sober, would have to negotiate compensation for Apimon.

The police should be taken to the police station, just to remind them where they work, get them to re-read their terms of reference, and show them how to write-out a charge sheet for being DUI!

[shackleton]

Mai Pen Rai

This  is Thailand 

[Sealbash]

Mai Pen Rai
This  is Thailand 

A very callous comment considering there is loss of life


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[Maejo Man]

Who died?

25 minutes ago, Sealbash said:

A very callous comment considering there is loss of life


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Who died?

[shackleton]

According to the report I read no one was killed

 my comment of Mai Pen Rai

is that nothing changes here in Thailand if you think taking the drunk Russian to the police station waiting for him to sober up then pay money ( compensation ) to the people involved is okay that's fine 

he should be jailed and deported but that is not going to happen 

 

 

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[Bangkokazy]

It's good to see the Russian are back in the city.

it will be much more fun and go out

[Just Weird]

On ‎3‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 5:17 PM, balo said:

So why did they not arrest that bastard , only lucky he did not kill anyone. High powered bike, no helmet, drunk , what could possibly go wrong ?

The OP says that he was detained, believed to be intoxicated and speeding, so it's not unlikely that that means he was arrested.

[Just Weird]

On ‎3‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 10:05 AM, Moti24 said:

The police should be taken to the police station, just to remind them where they work, get them to re-read their terms of reference, and show them how to write-out a charge sheet for being DUI!

Perhaps that's what happened.

Edited April 1, 2018 by Just Weird

[Gjk7777]

I have never rented a motorbike in Pattaya and never will!

[Bangkokazy]

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