Porsche driver charged with reckless driving over deaths of two women

[webfact]

Update:

Porsche driver charged with reckless driving over deaths of two women

By Kittipong Maneerit, 
Kornkamol Aksorndej 
The Nation

 

 

POLICE IN Bangkok have charged a Porsche driver who crashed into at a motorcycle, killing two women, one of them also losing her unborn baby. The accident also damaged a roadside motorcycle-repair shop.

 

 

Nong Kang Plu Police superintendent Pol Lt-Colonel Adul Dokpuang said on Sunday that Somkiat Pakdeenok had been charged with reckless driving causing death and injury. 

 

The results of an inebriation test were forthcoming, which could lead to further charges.

 

Adul spoke to reporters after outrage mounted on social media over the weekend amid reports that the driver in the crash in Nong Khaem district had been ferried from the scene while victims lay dead and injured. One of the women died instantly at the scene. The other lost limbs as well as her unborn baby and succumbed to her injuries soon after.

 

 

While claims were persisting on Sonday that no one had yet come forward with offers of help or restitution for the family of the women killed, another report indicated the driver’s wife contacted police to offer each the families of the women killed Bt50,000 for funeral expenses. 

 

She was said to have insisted her husband was not drunk.

 

The driver is reported to have crawled from the wreckage with broken legs, possibly intoxicated, and been placed in a Toyota Fortuner, which sped away before emergency responders arrived.

 

Acquaintances of the dead women spread the story online with a hashtag referring to cases of wealthy people going unpunished for their crimes.

 

 

Wongsatorn Karnsasomsap, owner of the repair shop, said early on Sunday that the Porsche driver had not yet contacted him about paying for an estimated Bt300,000 in damages.

 

He and his friends could have been crushed too had they remained sitting inside the shop as usual, he said.

 

One friend, Somkid Maneetham, said he heard the sound of brakes just as he was about to leave on his motorcycle.

 

“I gunned the engine to get out of the way and then heard a bang and went back to help the victims,” he said.

 

Reports have suggested the Porsche driver was “showing off” in the car when the accident occurred. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30365944

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-03-18

[smedly]

44 minutes ago, webfact said:

While claims were persisting on Sonday that no one had yet come forward with offers of help or restitution for the family of the women killed, another report indicated the driver’s wife contacted police to offer each the families of the women killed Bt50,000 for funeral expenses. 

very angry, all I can say

 

the price of an iphone

 

at least 25 years in jail and his wife can join him

[Fex Bluse]

53 minutes ago, webfact said:

The driver is reported to have crawled from the wreckage with broken legs, possibly intoxicated, and been placed in a Toyota Fortuner, which sped away before emergency responders arrived.

 

Acquaintances of the dead women spread the story online with a hashtag referring to cases of wealthy people going unpunished for their crimes.

Did a runner. Is this the famous Thai-ness they are trying to rebrand?

 

54 minutes ago, webfact said:

wife contacted police to offer each the families of the women killed Bt50,000 for funeral expenses.

More Thainess or is this Thai-Chineseness? An embarrassing amount of money. They have no shame and only false pride. Disgusting. 

[GoodieAfterDark]

All those rich Thai Chinese seem to be so arrogant and treat the poor Thais like garbage. I feel sorry for the majority of the Thai population. They have the farangs coming to Thailand and stealing their precious babies. But that is not enough,  they have to deal daily with the wealthy Chinese treating them like slaves. Just another day in paradise.

[Titan1962]

Porsche =7,000,000 +

Thai life = 50,000

What a world we live in.

 

[RJRS1301]

Have they arrested and charged the person who removed him from the accident scene? Surely that is a crime?

 

[ezzra]

And as usual, there's a lot of anger, resentments and  furrror going around, and the insulting compensation offer is not helping, but as all similar cases has unfolded, when the anger will die down, people will forget or be busy with new issues, settlements will be worked out, the charge will be watered down, maybe short jail time and all be relegated to recess of human memories, except for the affected families who will have to live and deal with it for the rest of their lives...

[YetAnother]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

and been placed in a Toyota Fortuner, which sped away before emergency responders arrived.

the first in a series of legal fleeing for him, failing that,  is already picking another country

[animalmagic]

1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said:

Have they arrested and charged the person who removed him from the accident scene? Surely that is a crime?

 

Section 189. Aiding and Abetting

 

Whoever assists another person who commits or is alleged of having committed an offence which is not a petty offence so that such person may not be punished by giving him lodging, by hiding, or by assisting him by any means so that he may not be arrested, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding two years or fined not exceeding four thousand Baht, or both.

[Emdog]

"She was said to have insisted her husband was not drunk."

He is just a typical male of that status and class, drunk with power, money, and connections.

Wishful thinking: those who flee an accident scene to be charged with drunk driving if they are ever found. Perhaps it could be the law to require blood test at serious accidents & refusal gives automatic guilt charge. Fleeing the scene is a form of refusal, right?

 

[z42]

Appalling all round. Just the gall needed to whisk away the (ir)responsible driver while 2 innocent victims lay dead or dying on the ground.

Scum, and then some. The cops / courts really do need to up their game in prosecuting people like these. Condolences to all victims here

[Borzandy]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Porsche driver charged with reckless driving over deaths of two women

In fact the driver will charged at least 500 Baht.

[MaxLee]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The driver is reported to have crawled from the wreckage with broken legs, possibly intoxicated, and been placed in a Toyota Fortuner, which sped away before emergency responders arrived.

Best interrogation technique here is..... BREAK ONE MORE LEG, 2 MORE ARMS, CHOP THEM OFF, and throw them into the bin and let this F******er die slowly...... 

Edited March 18, 2019 by MaxLee

[shady86]

This will be another forgotten story after a 3 months. That's the wonder of money here.

[saminoz]

1 hour ago, animalmagic said:

Section 189. Aiding and Abetting

 

Whoever assists another person who commits or is alleged of having committed an offence which is not a petty offence so that such person may not be punished by giving him lodging, by hiding, or by assisting him by any means so that he may not be arrested, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding two years or fined not exceeding four thousand Baht, or both.

Therein lies a lot of the problems of the Thai legal system, in my opinion.

Extrapolated, this seems to equate a year of Thai person's life to a monetary value of two thousand Baht.

Thus, according to Thai logic, if you run over and kill a child, you would only have deprived them of 100k or so's worth of life.

Som nam na.

[Fex Bluse]

2 hours ago, z42 said:

Appalling all round. Just the gall needed to whisk away the (ir)responsible driver while 2 innocent victims lay dead or dying on the ground.

Scum, and then some. The cops / courts really do need to up their game in prosecuting people like these. Condolences to all victims here

Except... The cops, courts, ect are all composed of Thais. And, by way of... 

 

1. their culture which only provides them the courage to fight those weaker than them, and

 

2. their obvious aspirations of becoming exactly like their Thai-Chinese and Thai masters, 

 

... even poor Thais are part of the same cultural problem. 

 

I blame them all for the above as well as their selfishnes and cowardice to sacrifice themselves for a greater purpose. In no society have the powerful willingly given up power. Rather, common people had to force their hands, often through bloodshed. 

Edited March 18, 2019 by Fex Bluse

[jackdd]

2 hours ago, animalmagic said:

Section 189. Aiding and Abetting

 

Whoever assists another person who commits or is alleged of having committed an offence which is not a petty offence so that such person may not be punished by giving him lodging, by hiding, or by assisting him by any means so that he may not be arrested, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding two years or fined not exceeding four thousand Baht, or both.

The person with the Fortuner will say he did this just to help the injured person to reach a hospital as far as possible, which is a legit reason. Nobody can "prove" what the real reason was (probably both), so this will be accepted as reason for his actions and nothing else will happen.

[Pedrogaz]

Double standards here....why wasn't the Ferrari driver charged? The Red Bull heir. He was at the F1 race in Australia yesterday, what happened to the Interpol red notice? Why hasn't his passport been cancelled?

[Pedrogaz]

Reading the article again, I am confused? If the driver was 'ferried away' in a Fortuner how can there be an inebriation 'test'? Not much use if the test was performed hours later. Hopefully the hospital drew some blood and ran a test. The headline says he has been charged with reckless driving, but there is no mention of him being interviewed by the police or being in custody. Rich folk who drive expensive cars usually flee the country when they are charged with serious crimes that might involve a spell in jail.....perhaps bail should be refused in view of the high risk of flight?

Typical hi-sp behaviour though, ferry him to get treatment while the people he killed were lying injured and bleeding on the ground. The attitude of these creeps is unbelievable. And the derisory offer of 50,000 baht to help with funeral expenses....cheap bastards.

[khunPer]

Would it be fair if escaping from an accident equals a punishment like one for intoxicated driving..?

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

Did a runner. Is this the famous Thai-ness they are trying to rebrand?

 

More Thainess or is this Thai-Chineseness? An embarrassing amount of money. They have no shame and only false pride. Disgusting. 

I read the post with the same thoughts as you... so well done for highlighting it!

 

 

[khunPer]

14 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

Why hasn't his passport been cancelled?

Rich people might have more than one passport, relative cheap to legally buy one from certain states.

[Mavideol]

6 hours ago, GoodieAfterDark said:

All those rich Thai Chinese seem to be so arrogant and treat the poor Thais like garbage. I feel sorry for the majority of the Thai population. They have the farangs coming to Thailand and stealing their precious babies. But that is not enough,  they have to deal daily with the wealthy Chinese treating them like slaves. Just another day in paradise.

why feel sorry for the majority of Thais, they got what they wanted, my father use to say... things happen for a reason.... if you don't know the reason I am sure the Thais know, all is deserved 

[Mavideol]

5 minutes ago, khunPer said:

Rich people might have more than one passport, relative cheap to legally buy one from certain states.

correct, reminds me of the inheritor of the Red Bull conglomerate who killed the cop a couple years ago and has been on the run ever since....Thai protection of the so called chinese descendants high class

[kkerry]

32 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

Double standards here....why wasn't the Ferrari driver charged? The Red Bull heir. He was at the F1 race in Australia yesterday, what happened to the Interpol red notice? Why hasn't his passport been cancelled?

Have you got a link to where it was reported Vorayuth was seen at the Australian GP?

[khunPer]

22 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

correct, reminds me of the inheritor of the Red Bull conglomerate who killed the cop a couple years ago and has been on the run ever since....Thai protection of the so called chinese descendants high class

That was the question, how the Red Bull heir could show up in Australia...????

[Just Weird]

6 hours ago, Titan1962 said:

Porsche =7,000,000 +

Thai life = 50,000

What a world we live in.

Porsche =7,000,000 +

Thai funeral contribution, not a "Thai life" = 50,000

 

You have conveniently omitted to say what the Porsche's insurers will pay.

[Just Weird]

54 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

Double standards here....why wasn't the Ferrari driver charged? The Red Bull heir. He was at the F1 race in Australia yesterday, what happened to the Interpol red notice? Why hasn't his passport been cancelled?

Vorayuth HAS been charged, that's why there is an arrest warrant for him!  Thai police have no jurisdiction in Australia just as no other police authorities have jurisdiction in Thailand!

[Just Weird]

46 minutes ago, khunPer said:

Would it be fair if escaping from an accident equals a punishment like one for intoxicated driving..?

Rationally, would it be fair to not allow a man with broken legs to get medical treatment?

[Just Weird]

27 minutes ago, kkerry said:

Have you got a link to where it was reported Vorayuth was seen at the Australian GP?

Regardless, RTP cannot barge into Australia to arrest a Thai who has committed no offences in Australia.