Drunk American flees horror crash leaving British family shattered in Thailand

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A drunk American man is on the run after a horror smash left a British family of three hospitalized in Thailand. The British man fears unless the fugitive is brought to justice he will continue to drink and drive and cause mayhem after showing no remorse after the crash.

 

Thai police are actively pursuing the American, who is accused of crashing into a British family, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, while riding a motorcycle in Koh Chang, Thailand.

 

Gregory Yamada, the American involved, collided with the British couple and their four year old daughter during what was supposed to be a dream family holiday, leaving them with critical injuries.

According to the British father, the driver appeared to be still heavily intoxicated and displayed no remorse following the collision.

His 40 year old wife was rendered unconscious in the harrowing crash, sustaining severe injuries to her head and body. Their daughter suffered injuries to her eyes, face, and body upon being flung into the air, along with a sinus fracture from the impact on her face.

 

The family, who were enjoying a holiday in Thailand, were walking along a footpath on the island of Koh Chang when they were struck by the 39 year old American, from San Jose, California. It is alleged that Yamada was four times over the legal alcohol limit at the time of the incident.

 

Yamada was driving a potent Honda motorcycle and has been charged with “driving while intoxicated, causing a collision resulting in injuries to others.” The Thai authorities have since issued an arrest warrant for him, suspecting that he has fled across the border to Cambodia.

 

The 36 year old British father disclosed that they have since returned to the UK following the January crash but are still undergoing medical treatment.

 

“The injuries my partner and daughter suffered were horrific. From what I witnessed, they are lucky to still be alive.

“At the hospital on the night of the crash, he was evidently still very drunk and denied any involvement. I could not believe it.

 

by Bob Scott 

Picture courtesy of the Daily Mirror

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-03-20

 

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[smedly]

drunk POS

[BigStar]

Yamada. Not an American name. (To offer a common Brit defense) 🙂 

[Jingthing]

17 minutes ago, BigStar said:

Yamada. Not an American name. (To offer a common Brit defense) 🙂 

Yeah well there is a very charming Japanese district in San Jose, California. 

 

If he did flee to Cambodian can't he be picked up when he tries to board an airplane?

Edited March 20 by Jingthing

[BigStar]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah well there is a very charming Japanese district in San Jose, California. 

 

If he did flee to Cambodian can't he be picked up when he tries to board an airplane?

Really? To think I lived and worked in San Jose and never even noticed it. Or Japantown in San Francisco.

[Jingthing]

6 minutes ago, BigStar said:

Really? To think I lived and worked in San Jose and never even noticed it. Or Japantown in San Francisco.

Really?

Japan town in SF is more of a tourist attraction while the San Jose district is more of a place for locals in the know. It's east of downtown. 

 

 

Edited March 20 by Jingthing

[Dolf]

Cops didnt keep his passport.

[BigStar]

7 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Really?

Japan town in SF is more of a tourist attraction while the San Jose district is more of a place for locals in the know. It's east of downtown. 

 

Yeah only tourists work in Japantown and own the Japanese shops there. Temporarily, before they return to Japan where they live. No local Japanese ever shopped there for Japanese stuff, of course.

 

As local living and working in San Jose for years, I was of course never in the know. Nor did my Japanese girlfriend have a clue. Go figure. 

Edited March 20 by BigStar

[Jingthing]

11 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

Yeah only tourists work in Japantown and own the Japanese shops there. Temporarily, before they return to Japan where they live. No local Japanese ever shopped there for Japanese stuff, of course.

 

As local living and working in San Jose for years, I was of course never in the know. Nor did my Japanese girlfriend have a clue. Go figure. 

I find it amazing then that you didn't know about the district then for the food alone if not the festivals.

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The 36 year old British father disclosed that they have since returned to the UK following the January crash but are still undergoing medical treatment.

Yup, the American guy is a POS… & I hope they catch him. 

 

BUT, why report this 2 month old story now ? 
….. piggy backing on the “bad farang” rhetoric much ???? 

[richard_smith237]

22 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Cops didnt keep his passport.

Or he fled without it.

[Liverpool Lou]

35 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

If he did flee to Cambodian can't he be picked up when he tries to board an airplane?

For what reason, he's not wanted by Cambodia authorities, is he?  RTP don't have jurisdiction outside Thailand.

[stoner]

8 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Yup, the American guy is a POS… & I hope they catch him. 

 

BUT, why report this 2 month old story now ? 
….. piggy backing on the “bad farang” rhetoric much ???? 

 

i agree. what a db. 

 

however

 

if he has not been caught etc how do they know he was 4 times the legal limit ? 

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

It is alleged that Yamada was four times over the legal alcohol limit at the time of the incident.

 

[Doctor Tom]

22 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

Yeah only tourists work in Japantown and own the Japanese shops there. Temporarily, before they return to Japan where they live. No local Japanese ever shopped there for Japanese stuff, of course.

 

As local living and working in San Jose for years, I was of course never in the know. Nor did my Japanese girlfriend have a clue. Go figure. 

None of this is relevant to the report, or the post. Who gives a toss about where 'Japanese Americans' live in the US. In any event, aren't all Americans just 'Americans' regardless of race or ethnicity?  Oh yes, I forget, the US, the great Bastian of racism and inequality.   

[Liverpool Lou]

9 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

BUT, why report this 2 month old story now ? 

Probably because the family didn't immediately sell their story to the Daily Mirror.

[daveAustin]

56 minutes ago, BigStar said:

Yamada. Not an American name. (To offer a common Brit defense) 🙂 

That’s all you’ve got to offer after one of your own (miscreants) almost kills an innocent family? What a sad world. 

[BigStar]

2 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said:

In any event, aren't all Americans just 'Americans' regardless of race or ethnicity? 

 

Wait! Aren't all Brits just "Brits" regardless of race or ethnicity?

[BigStar]

22 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

That’s all you’ve got to offer after one of your own (miscreants) almost kills an innocent family? What a sad world. 

 

Forum tradition, man. Get with the program. Next up: he was just dodging a pothole or dog, we've all sometimes had a few too many, let he without sin cast the first stone, etc. etc.

Edited March 20 by BigStar

[Tropicalevo]

5 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

i agree. what a db. 

 

however

 

if he has not been caught etc how do they know he was 4 times the legal limit ? 

 

 

He was arrested and charged.

From the original article

“The suspect was arrested and charged with drunk driving causing the crash. The details of the case were given to the court and he was due to appear there."

[Liverpool Lou]

5 minutes ago, stoner said:

if he has not been caught etc how do they know he was 4 times the legal limit ? 

I'd guess that he was tested when he was taken to hospital for treatment!

[Ralf001]

they got a gofundme running yet ?

 

[Doctor Tom]

17 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

Wait! Aren't all Brits just "Brits" regardless of race or ethnicity?

Yes, of course.  And your point it?  But of course, we don't have a  very resent history of blatant discrimination. 

Edited March 20 by Doctor Tom

[Dolf]

17 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

Wait! Aren't all Brits just "Brits" regardless of race or ethnicity?

What is a Brit?

[BigStar]

6 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said:

Yes, of course.  And your point it?  But of course, we don't have a  very resent history of blatant discrimination. 

 

When it comes to observing righteously that a Brit perp "doesn't have a traditional Brit name" you do.

[Dolf]

Just now, BigStar said:

 

When it comes to observing righteously that a Brit perp "doesn't have a traditional Brit name" you do.

Scots don't like the English. This Brit thing is an illusion.

[Doctor Tom]

3 minutes ago, Dolf said:

What is a Brit?

Definition from the Oxford Dictionary: 

Generally, a superior human being, both in thought and deed. A natural leader of people with a great Military mind and a sense of what is right and proper.  Possessing superiors social skills ( unless raised in Liverpool, Manchester or Glasgow).   A natural speaker of the King's English, unless, see brackets above and a teacher to those who are less fortunate , such as peoples born and raised in less enlightened societies, such as in the former colonies of the British Empire. . 

[Doctor Tom]

3 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

When it comes to observing righteously that a Brit perp "doesn't have a traditional Brit name" you do.

That doesn't make sense, but as you are obviously American, and therefore have the King's English as your second language ( your first being Louisiana Red Neck), that is excusable. 

[quake]

8 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Scots don't like the English. This Brit thing is an illusion.

 

Scots don't even like themselves.

[Liverpool Lou]

38 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

they got a gofundme running yet ?

 

For what?   They've been back in the UK for weeks.

[KhunLA]

2 month old story... he gone in the wind, and unless an interpol red notice (don't think so), good luck getting him back.