Pattaya: Car bursts into flames after hitting lamppost - policeman was behind the wheel

 

Image: Siam Chon News

 

A policeman was saved from death by two members of the public after he drove his Ford Escape into a lamppost on Sukhumvit Road in central Pattaya at 2 am this morning.

 

Chartchai, 52, grabbed a fire extinguisher to put out flames and was aided by Jarinan, 26, in dragging out the driver before the flames took hold again.

 

The driver was taken to hospital with a head wound covered in blood, reported Siam Chon News who said that he was a Chonburi drugs' suppression officer.

 

Chartchai said that the policeman had been driving at high speed.

 

Pattaya police are investigating.

 

Source: Siam Chon News

 

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Another gas conversion on the cheap?

2 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Chartchai said that the policeman had been driving at high speed.

 

Pattaya police are investigating.

Policeman or not, did they get out the breath bag?

No probably not, as he is a policeman.

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Another gas conversion on the cheap?

Noticed the charred remains this morning, barely a dent on the light post so I suspect dodgy gas install rather than the claim high speed.

9 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Chartchai, 52, grabbed a fire extinguisher to put out flames and was aided by Jarinan, 26, in dragging out the driver before the flames took hold again.

One very lucky copper. Pulling someone from a  burning vehicle take a great deal of courage, so hats off to the two involved here. Be interesting to hear why he was traveling so quickly at that time of night.

Just now, darksidedog said:

One very lucky copper. Puling someone from a  burning vehicle take a great deal of courage, so hats off to the two involved here. Be interesting to hear why he was traveling so quickly at that time of night.

barely a dent on the light post... in this instance high speed = going too fast to negotiate the turn rather than blasting down the road at 11ty million miles an hour.

 

Maybe he had just attended a drug bust and was sampling the goods (for purity) on the way back to Soi 9.

9 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Pattaya police are investigating.

But not too closely , he's one of their own.

regards Worgeordie

Was he on duty? Or why would he be allowed to drive at 2 AM?

54 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

One very lucky copper. Pulling someone from a  burning vehicle take a great deal of courage, so hats off to the two involved here. Be interesting to hear why he was traveling so quickly at that time of night.

Would be interesting to hear why the other two were breaking Curfew !

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

Policeman or not, did they get out the breath bag?

No probably not, as he is a policeman.

You mean pee bag. 

Which brings to the rhetorical question, How many bottles of Hong Thong does it take to hit a lamppost? lol

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Chartchai said that the policeman had been driving at high speed.

Probably he WAS on high speed. ????

Obviously steering failure. I can see a new trend starting here in Thailand.

Good to see things are getting back to normal in Thailand. Thought there was a curfew in place or isitjust another law not adhered to by certain members of the Thai population

4 hours ago, worgeordie said:

But not too closely , he's one of their own.

regards Worgeordie

Another investigation that will go no-where fast..

I love the 1952 fire truck...

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

reported Siam Chon News who said that he was a Chonburi drugs' suppression officer.

was going to say something no so good ..... decided to stick to the brake failure problem

2 hours ago, CliffH said:

Obviously steering failure. I can see a new trend starting here in Thailand.

Yeah brakes is a bit stale or falling asleep behind the wheel getting abit stale also So give the steering failure a run for a while. Of coarse we know Thais are great drivers so it cant be anything else can it?

Looks like a classic case of accelerator got stuck combined with break failure to me ????

1 hour ago, northsouthdevide said:

Looks like a classic case of accelerator got stuck combined with break failure to me ????

No case of micro-sleep at all? ????

 

 

What are the odds on him being pished up and fell asleep ?????

21 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Another gas conversion on the cheap?

was it brake failure or MICRO sleep.....report says 2 am in morning ???!!

what is he going to be charged with.....???

Let's wait for Pattaya Plod's unbiased report on whether a felony has been committed AND the result of the breathaliser test..... oh.

22 hours ago, rooster59 said:

he drove his Ford Escape

Appropriate car name

On 5/23/2020 at 5:51 AM, rooster59 said:

Chartchai said that the policeman had been driving at high speed.

and the lamp post got in the way ..

Could've been worse if he was in a Chevy Blazer .. 

Drunk... I wonder.. 

On 5/23/2020 at 5:51 AM, rooster59 said:

policeman was behind the wheel

He should have been able to take on traffic control duties once his sorry butt was saved from the wreckage.  

 

A flaming post has been removed. ????