Multiple charges filed against Thai police officer involved in a fatal accident

[webfact]

 

Multiple charges, including causing death by reckless driving, have been filed by Phaya Thai district police against a non-commissioned police officer who allegedly ran over a pedestrian on a Phaya Thai Road zebra crossing with his “big bike”.

 

The fatal accident occurred at about 3.10pm on Friday in front of the Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute Hospital and the deceased was identified as Dr. Waraluck Supavatjariyakul, an eye specialist at Ramathibodi Hospital.

 

Pol Maj-Gen Jirasant Kaewsang-ek, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said today (Sunday) that, besides the reckless driving charge, the suspect, Lance Corporal Naravich Buadok of the riot control police force, is also facing charges of riding his bike too close to the left lane curb, not stopping for people to cross the road on a zebra crossing and riding a bike for which the road tax has not been paid.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/multiple-charges-filed-against-thai-police-officer-involved-in-a-fatal-accident/

 

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[Pique Dard]

hope he was sober 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

is also facing charges of riding his bike too close to the left lane curb, not stopping for people to cross the road on a zebra crossing and riding a bike for which the road tax has not been paid.

 a bunch of offences for just one man! let's hope he was sober, at least!

[SAFETY FIRST]

A cop, you'd think being a police officer he'd have common sense.
All these offenses, geeze, how do you stop the criminals when you have cops like this one

 

 

Slightly off topic, it always amazed me how they buddy up with the taxi motor bike riders, you see them chatting in a group all the time. The taxi riders at times riding around breaking the laws (riding wrong side of road, no helmet) and the cops just meet and greet at the road checks. 

 

Maybe this cop was an ex-taxi motorbike rider!!!!! 

Edited January 23, 2022 by SAFETY FIRST

[Stargeezr]

Is this the case where the victim was an eye doctor? My Thai wife was really upset, as she read this in her Thai 

News. It is a shame when even the police members ignore a busy cross walk area.

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

not stopping for people to cross the road on a zebra crossing

If that was a prisonable offense the prisons would have more people on the inside than populace outside

[Card]

Bet he gets more time for the same offence than that zero little red bull.

Edited January 23, 2022 by Card

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Pol Maj-Gen Jirasant Kaewsang-ek, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said today (Sunday) that, besides the reckless driving charge, the suspect, Lance Corporal Naravich Buadok of the riot control police force, is also facing charges of riding his bike too close to the left lane curb, not stopping for people to cross the road on a zebra crossing and riding a bike for which the road tax has not been paid.

All of which is common practice.

[khunjeff]

2 hours ago, Stargeezr said:

Is this the case where the victim was an eye doctor? My Thai wife was really upset, as she read this in her Thai 

News. It is a shame when even the police members ignore a busy cross walk area.

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

the deceased was identified as Dr. Waraluck Supavatjariyakul, an eye specialist at Ramathibodi Hospital.

 

[IamNoone88]

I didn't realise you had to stop at a zebra crossing in Thailand. I have never seen it happen........ you have to wait until no traffic.....

[internationalism]

it was hit and run.

He was arrested a day after, when family of doctor asked for help from public.

Motorbike was seized earlier by police and deposited at the police station parking. 

This officer stolen that bike. There is no registration number on the bike. That's why it couldn't be traced easily.

 

he was riding the fastest lane, so it was the right curb, not the left, on the slowest line. Motorbikes not suppose to ride on the right lanes

[brianthainess]

The victim being an eye specialist, I wonder if the cop would have had the charges brought against him if the victim had been some poor person, just saying. 

RIP Doc. Lets hope the 'law' puts the cop in jail for the appropriate time.

[HampiK]

I heard in Thai news, that this was not even his motorbike. It was a confiscated bike he took out for a ride or whatever they do.

 

I really hope, that this charges not will disappear in fine air as it happen many times here...

[mtls2005]

Different outcome when the victim has status.

 

The Police captain walked, and got the story pretty much buried.

 

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[mtls2005]

4 minutes ago, HampiK said:

I heard in Thai news, that this was not even his motorbike. It was a confiscated bike he took out for a ride or whatever they do.

 

Shades of Joe Ferrari and his repo "business"?

 

Joe Ducati

[sammieuk1]

Seen the video yesterday it was horrific mown down and slaughtered make an example hang him now ????Rip 

[Enzian]

On reddit was a comment-which may NOT be true-that he took her ID for a time which made it difficult for the other police when they arrived. But it doesn't sound plausible. 

[digger70]

Road rules ,Traffic Lights ,Zebra crossings ,stop signs, give away signs, Double white/Yellow lines ,Using turn signal,Driving in the correct lane,Speed limits Driving license, Registration, Car Insurance. 

Who cares ?Not too many.

[nabbie]

RIP to eye specialist & condolence to her loved ones. Police officer should deserves the heavy punishment.

[Hamus Yaigh]

This was a terrible accident and the motorbike rider is culpable for multiple offenses it seems. But watching the video the poor woman surely should have looked more carefully before crossing? The state of Bangkok's pedestrian crossings means many are death traps.

[Grusa]

I guess the poor policeman doesn't have a ranking or hi-so daddy...........

[John Drake]

20 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

This was a terrible accident and the motorbike rider is culpable for multiple offenses it seems. But watching the video the poor woman surely should have looked more carefully before crossing? The state of Bangkok's pedestrian crossings means many are death traps.

I saw the unblurred video. She was just a step or two from reaching the sidewalk and must have relaxed for a moment. Same as I do. She had already run the gauntlet. Sometimes, the motorcycles are so reckless there is nothing you can do to avoid them. Just last week, I got to the bottom of a sappan loy and was in the process of turning to go down the sidewalk and a motorcycle roared past on the sidewalk from the blindside of the sappan loy. Another half second and I would have had the same thing happen to me as happened to this young woman.

[Cake Monster]

4 hours ago, khunjeff said:

 

 

My Wife and Daughter informed me that this Doctor was no  " ordinary ' ( not that any are ordinary- they are all special ) Doctor.

Apparently she was One of only Five specialists for a particular Eye disorder in the entire Country.

Another waste of a decent and productive life at the will of another brainless Moron with Wheels in Thailand.

RIP Doc

[big dendrobenaes]

4 hours ago, IamNoone88 said:

I didn't realise you had to stop at a zebra crossing in Thailand. I have never seen it happen........ you have to wait until no traffic.....

i see nobody stopping for people on a zebra very very very often.....on beach road and second road in JOMTIEN !!!

[Cake Monster]

1 minute ago, big dendrobenaes said:

i see nobody stopping for people on a zebra very very very often.....on beach road and second road in JOMTIEN !!!

And even when there is a Red Light the B@@@@@DS still barrel through the crossing at 80 Kph

[big dendrobenaes]

1 minute ago, Cake Monster said:

And even when there is a Red Light the B@@@@@DS still barrel through the crossing at 80 Kph

you are correct 100 %

[SAFETY FIRST]

4 hours ago, khunjeff said:

 

 

I don't know about being a brainless Moron, he was a cop, they do have a brain. 

 

I reckon it could be something missing from the brain.

I'm not a brain specialist but these accidents on big bike or any vehicle traveling at speed in built up areas where pedestrians roam, these people have something missing in the brain, immaturity I'd say has a lot to do with it to. 

Edited January 24, 2022 by SAFETY FIRST

[Enoon]

10 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

A cop, you'd think being a police officer he'd have common sense.
All these offenses, geeze, how do you stop the criminals when you have cops like this one

 

 

Slightly off topic, it always amazed me how they buddy up with the taxi motor bike riders, you see them chatting in a group all the time. The taxi riders at times riding around breaking the laws (riding wrong side of road, no helmet) and the cops just meet and greet at the road checks. 

 

Maybe this cop was an ex-taxi motorbike rider!!!!! 

"The taxi riders at times riding around breaking the laws (riding wrong side of road, no helmet) and the cops just meet and greet at the road checks."

 

Yes it is strange, nobody knows why the cops look the other way........a real mystery.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 24, 2022 by Enoon

[overt2016]

The two pedx  at the slip roads in pinklao are extremely dangerous.

Only taxis take notice of peds.

[BusyB]

Charged with "not stopping for people to cross the road on a zebra crossing."

 

This must be a first in Thailand.