Benz driven in Sattahip kills three workers after going through police checkpoint and taunting cops

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

There was high drama on the road leading out of Sattahip in the east of Thailand heading towards the U-Tapao airport.

 

A 49 year old man in a Mercedes Benz called Ritthipong deliberately went through a police checkpoint after being pulled over for a breath test.

 

Policemen jumped to save their lives as Ritthipong fled the scene.

 

But further up the road as a chase ensued he sideswiped a car and plowed into a group of four workers burying cables. 

 

Soo, 19, from Myanmar died at the scene. Sanook reported that his Myanmar girlfriend Fah arrived and after being in floods of tears, fainted. 

 

Preecha, 58 and another Myanmar national called Rin died in hospital.

 

Surachai, 30, was left seriously injured.

 

Ritthipong was taken to hospital with a broken rib. 

 

In the earlier report the media suggested the driver of the Benz had "given a finger" to police and dared them to catch him

 

Picture: Sanook

 

In a subsequent report Thai Rath said that Ritthipong is a toll booth cash collector. 

 

Footage from the dash cam of his car showed that he had gone through a police checkpoint twice.

 

He had been allowed to pass on the first sweep but then he did a U-turn and across the road from the checkpoint started hurling abuse at the cops.

 

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He dared them to search his vehicle belligerently saying: Have you got a search warrant? and hurling expletives.

 

He then went through the checkpoint a second time, was pulled over for a breath test but drove off at speed instead.

 

He has been slapped with five charges including negligent driving causing death, reckless driving, ignoring instructions of a policeman, attempting to injure a policeman and defamation.

 

Alcohol and drug tests results are pending. 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Looks like the man should be stood in front of a speeding Train instead and allowed to have himself searched, well search for his body parts...

[worgeordie]

Police were very patient ,did they forget they were

wearing guns, they could have taken 1 life and hopefully

saved 3 .

regards Worgeordie

[Dmaxdan]

Will he be jailed for manslaughter? Thought not...

[bdenner]

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In a subsequent report Thai Rath said that Ritthipong is a toll booth cash collector. 

So Toll Booth operators must be on fantastic wages or could one assume not every motorist received a receipt?

[Geoffggi]

Lock him up until he decides to cooperate with the authorities, I hope they have actually taken alcohol & drug tests ....!!

[anto]

When you sober up next day and realize you killed 3 possibly 4 people .Its got to be one hell of a hangover .

[giddyup]

2 minutes ago, anto said:

When you sober up next day and realize you killed 3 possibly 4 people .Its got to be one hell of a hangover .

Not if you have no conscience.

[ezzra]

14 minutes ago, anto said:

When you sober up next day and realise you killed 3 possibly 4 people .Its got to be one hell of a hangover .

Sound like that a hole was high on something much worse than alcohol...

[fulhamster]

3 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Will he be jailed for manslaughter? Thought not...

500 baht and a wai.....

[transam]

Toll booth guy that drives a Merc, hmmmmm, perks of the job, I suppose.........????

 

Sad for the three guys and their families....????

[Upnotover]

3 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Will he be jailed for manslaughter? Thought not...

Unlikely but they will throw the book at him for the defamation.  I'm surprised he had the time to write a negative farcebook review on the checkpoint.

[Mr Meeseeks]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Ritthipong is a toll booth cash collector. 

I would suggest he's dipping the till.

[RichardColeman]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He has been slapped with five charges including negligent driving causing death, reckless driving, ignoring instructions of a policeman, attempting to injure a policeman and defamation.

The police will probably be more interested in the 'defamation' compensation pay off than the deaths of migrant workers

[Dave0206]

2 hours ago, fulhamster said:

500 baht and a wai.....

No no no 3 deaths ok but he hurled abuse at the police slandered there good name he is in deep #hit

[Doctor Tom]

Police should have shot him. 

[KhaoYai]

Alcohol again!

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Footage from the dash cam of his car showed that he had gone through a police checkpoint twice.

 

He had been allowed to pass on the first sweep but then he did a U-turn and across the road from the checkpoint started hurling abuse at the cops.

3 counts of murder and one attempted murder charge.

Should sort out his games for the rest of his life...

The finger having a different meaning in the pokey, hope he enjoys the party life.

 

[IAMHERE]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

In a subsequent report Thai Rath said that Ritthipong is a toll booth cash collector. 

 

Driving a Benz; hope some quick thinking Thai audits his accounts.

[IAMHERE]

3 hours ago, anto said:

When you sober up next day and realize you killed 3 possibly 4 people .Its got to be one hell of a hangover .

Doubtful in this case, no conscious there sober or not.

[Bangkok Barry]

2 hours ago, fulhamster said:

500 baht and a wai.....

Another idiotic and pointless 500 baht comment, and so original. People do actually go to jail in Thailand, you know.

[xylophone]

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Looks like the man should be stood in front of a speeding Train instead and allowed to have himself searched, well search for his body parts...

Well they certainly wouldn't have found a brain!

[digger70]

Wow ,He's a Benz driver ,what do the cops expect?  He's Hi So ,Got Money and connections in places you would''t expect.

[JeffersLos]

6 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Police were very patient ,did they forget they were

wearing guns

No, they were waiting to see if he was someone that could shoot them in the head and get away with it. 

[vinci]

guy like this need the death penalty to justified his action 

[DekDaeng]

2 hours ago, Dave0206 said:

No no no 3 deaths ok but he hurled abuse at the police slandered there good name he is in deep #hit

Make him into dog food.

[Dont confuse me]

19 Yr old kid trying to make someone his life by working rather than stealing or scamming gets taken out by some low life scum!

 

Classic case of an eye for an eye 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Will B Good]

7 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Police were very patient ,did they forget they were

wearing guns, they could have taken 1 life and hopefully

saved 3 .

regards Worgeordie

Don't forget....they would need to check who he is or who his father is before taking action like that.

[scorecard]

7 hours ago, bdenner said:

So Toll Booth operators must be on fantastic wages or could one assume not every motorist received a receipt?

and to make it very clear, is that why he was driving a benz?

[scorecard]

2 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Alcohol again!

Agree, hang putin.