Cosmetics executive taken for DUI test after "Red Plate" Benz collides with Honda on expressway killing 3

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that Hua Mark police and officers from Thang Duan 2 attended the scene of an accident on the Srirat expressway in the area of the bridge over Klong Saen Saeb at 12.55 this morning. 

 

Inside a blue Honda stopped on the left with its rear smashed in were three dead people. In the back was a lady called Atchara, 30, and in the front passenger seat was Somsak, 44. 

 

The dead female driver was unidentified. 

 

Bits of the vehicles involved were spread all over the expressway. 

 

About ten meters away was a white Mercedes Benz with red plates (brand new) with its front smashed in.

 

(Night time lighting made it appear that the car was yellow, notes ASEAN NOW).

 

Behind the wheel was a man called Jinthawat or "Boat", 33, a leading executive with a famous comestics brand. 

 

Witnesses said that the Benz had been driven at high speed and joined the Srirat expressway section heading to the Chonburi motorway from the Chalongrat section. It collided with the rear of the Honda.

 

Expressway police took the driver away for an alcohol test. 

 

Daily News further reported that relatives of the dead arrived in tears at the scene with at least one person fainting. 

 

Hua Mark police are in charge of the investigation. 

 

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[Geoffggi]

Was a brown envelope or a breathalyzer initiated ..............

[petermik]

Executive style payout and all will be forgotten.....lock him up for 10 years and take away his licence for 15 is my suggestion....

[bbko]

That Honda Brio looks totally smashed, was it at a standstill when hit? Or more likely that Benz was flying @120kph+. Tragic loss of life.

[smedly]

a bit late after the fact with 3x people dead, two offences likely committed - speeding and drink driving, it is of little use charging these reckless idiots after they have killed 3 people 

 

RIP - so sad

[SAFETY FIRST]

43 minutes ago, webfact said:

ten meters away was a white Mercedes Benz with red plates (brand new)

Now this is an issue I just don't understand.

Seen these drivers speeding so many times over the many years, it's strange behavior. 

 

Why do the drivers of BMWs and Mercedes, or any high end cars have to drive dangerously. 
Yes, the fines are inexpensive and if you have the money you can buy your way out of problems but injury to other road users doesn't phase these idiots. 
Now 3 people are dead. 

 

You'd reckon people who have these expensive cars have some intelligence, common sense etc.

[worgeordie]

If the executive is proven to be DUI , no problem , will

have enough points left for 2 more DUI ,before he could

lose his license  that's how serious the powers that be are

at even just cutting deaths caused by DUI . start 100 points,30 points DUI !!

RIP those who lost their lives ,

regards worgeordie

[mokwit]

In the UK there is a specific offence of "causing death by reckless driving". Very serious - between murder and manslaughter. Anything in Thai law like that?

[sherwood]

9 minutes ago, mokwit said:

In the UK there is a specific offence of "causing death by reckless driving". Very serious - between murder and manslaughter. Anything in Thai law like that?

Yes there is and of course the penalty is usually a larger envelope. Sorry to carry on with the same theme but that is how it works if one can afford the graft route. 

[NanLaew]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

... a blue Honda stopped on the left...

of the

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

...Srirat expressway section heading to the Chonburi motorway from the Chalongrat section.

at

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

... 12.55 this morning.

 

From the amount of rear-end damage, it does look like the Honda was stationary.

 

On the expressway?

[Paul Henry]

Have the Red Bull Boss team head the investigation. Merck only travelling at 80KPH Honda reversed into Merck at high speed.

[bert bloggs]

Cricky,we drove down there the other day first time in 6 months ,lots of speeding traffic not just expensive cars.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Witnesses said that the Benz had been driven at high speed and joined the Srirat expressway section heading to the Chonburi motorway from the Chalongrat section. It collided with the rear of the Honda.

Deduct a few points, pay a fine, then down the dealers to get a new Benz and back on the road by Monday.

Guy should get 3-counts of manslaughter.

[mtls2005]

Side-effects from an earlier visit to the dentist? Brake failure?

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Behind the wheel was a man called Jinthawat or "Boat", 33, a leading executive with a famous comestics brand. 

Doncha just love the level of detailed reporting?

 

 

Some thai press reports indicate he was racing another vehicle (not the Honda Brio).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 18, 2021 by mtls2005

[Burma Bill]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

leading executive with a famous comestics brand. (cosmetics)

At least he was taken away by the police and he did not have to use any of his vanishing cream!

 

[digger70]

Rip for the 3 Dead people . 

Red plate drivers Zero Alcohol.  

Drivers with red plates must seek permission from authorities if they want to use the vehicle at night.

So, time will tell who 's Paying who.

[Deli]

This style of reporting is just a joke. It reads like written by a 10 year old.

[metisdead]

A post with derogatory trolling comments toward Thai people has been removed as well as a reply. 

[bert bloggs]

49 minutes ago, Deli said:

This style of reporting is just a joke. It reads like written by a 10 year old.

Dont be silly he was 12 and on work experiance

[Ralf001]

13 hours ago, digger70 said:

 

Red plate drivers Zero Alcohol.  

Drivers with red plates must seek permission from authorities if they want to use the vehicle at night.

 

Not allowed on expressway's either according to an article I just read on a website that cannot be named here.

Edited December 19, 2021 by Ralf001

[digger70]

4 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Not allowed on expressway's either according to an article I just read on a website that cannot be named here.

Yes that's right I just red that too.  ????

[lujanit]

On 12/18/2021 at 10:29 AM, webfact said:

a white Mercedes Benz with red plates (brand new) with its front smashed in.

Means nothing..  Here in the moo baan we live is a porsche with red plates that must be 9 months old.  Another way of Thais telling everyone I am better than you.

[NanLaew]

18 hours ago, digger70 said:

Drivers with red plates must seek permission from authorities if they want to use the vehicle at night.

YMMV

 

TiT

[NanLaew]

5 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Not allowed on expressway's either according to an article I just read on a website that cannot be named here.

YMMV

 

TiT

[NanLaew]

There was a news item on the local telly this morning that showed dashcam from another car following, people exiting from police offices and waiiing everyone in the vicinity, some distraught and upset people wailing and preparations for a funeral.

 

I need to talk to Udon Home Cable as my service is rubbish and the sound and vision made everything very hard to follow.

 

Here's the dashcam clip. The Honda was parked apparently, possibly just over the brow of a slight incline?

 

https://www-dailynews-co-th.translate.goog/news/583293/

Edited December 19, 2021 by NanLaew

[Ralf001]

7 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

YMMV

 

TiT

???

[digger70]

11 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

YMMV

 

TiT

Under the law, drivers who use cars with red plates have to seek permission from authorities if they want to use the vehicle at night. Cars with red plates cannot be driven out of the province or zone where the vehicle was temporarily registered to obtain the red plates. In the event they do, drivers must ask for permission each time they want to travel outside the specified area. Documents must be properly filled out, with the destination and the dates of travel. 

These cars are not allowed to use the expressways. Drivers of cars with red plates must be sure they have all car-related documents, a proper driving licence and ID cards, ready for checks at all times.  ???? 

 

[NanLaew]

12 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

20 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

YMMV

 

TiT

???

YMMV = Your mileage may vary.

 

TiT = This is Thailand.

 

It means that what one person reports as their factual and/or witnessed experience does not mean that the experience of others in the same circumstances will be identical.

 

In this instance, many people, including myself have driven on expressways with at night with red plates without happenstance while some people, including myself on a separate occasion, were hassled for money because I was driving on the expressway at night with red plates.

Edited December 19, 2021 by NanLaew

[Ralf001]

23 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

YMMV = Your mileage may vary.

 

 

 

 

Ohh ok, yeah next time please don't use abbreviations when you quote me.

[spidermike007]

On 12/17/2021 at 10:47 PM, mokwit said:

In the UK there is a specific offence of "causing death by reckless driving". Very serious - between murder and manslaughter. Anything in Thai law like that?

If you are rich enough here, you are a law unto yourself. How many rich people, and people in positions of power get locked up? Prison is for the commoners.