Kaset uni accident: Man charged in court - compensation discussions to follow

[webfact]

Kaset uni accident: Man charged in court - compensation discussions to follow

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on the latest developments in the case of the accident at Kasetsart University in Bangkok when a man driving a Ford Ranger pick-up lost control at a bend on the campus and injured five students. 

 

Ratthawit, 37, claimed that his flip-flops got stuck under the brake pedal. Police have rejected this excuse. 

 

They have pressed ahead with charges at the North Phra Nakhon court for negligent driving causing damage and injury and serious injury. 

 

The prosecutor rejected a charge of reckless driving. 

 

Bang Khen police said that the driver was stressed out and driving negligently. They have interviewed four of the injured who are now out of hospital. 

 

One who suffered a brain hemorrhage and knee injury is still in hospital but is expected to be out next week. He is yet to be interviewed.

 

All five will be involved in discussions over compensation with the driver who caused the accident. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[pokerface1]

Lame excuse he should have said brake fail instead. That one works all the time. 

[MaxLee]

I guess every s******ty *****$$ driver is going for the NEW flip flop slippers failure trend these days 

 

Brake failure is out, here come the flip-flops slippers....

[wotsdermatter]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

One who suffered a brain hemorrhage and knee injury is still in hospital but is expected to be out next week

A brain hemorrhage takes more than a week to recover from and may require surgery.  Also, the knee injury is not specified so how can the extent of the stay be determined?

'nuf sed.

[neeray]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The prosecutor rejected a charge of reckless driving. 

It sure looked pretty "reckless" to me.

[mok199]

All 5 should just ''hug it out''....sorted

[Jane Dough]

9 hours ago, pokerface1 said:

Lame excuse he should have said brake fail instead. That one works all the time. 

Can you point me to an occasion when the brake failure excuse worked. Would you not agree that it is just a claim, not a serious attempt to avoid responsibility. 

 

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[hotchilli]

I hope the victims get due compensation, not just for the injuries now but for any future treatments.

Also trauma that may have suffered. As for the idiot driver who was "stressed out" at the time give him one year in an army camp to relieve his stress on daily workouts!