Crime Police Officer Injured in High-Speed Chase with Street Racers in Chachoengsao

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

A police pursuit of illegal street racers ended in a dramatic crash that left a police officer injured and two teenagers hurt. The incident occurred on the Chachoengsao–Suwinthawong Road in the early hours of the morning of 11 July.

 

At approximately 01:00, officers from Mueang Chachoengsao Police Station were alerted to a group of teenagers engaged in illegal motorcycle racing near the Kasemrad Hospital overpass, heading toward Bangkok. Police Captain Annop Janphakdee, crime suppression inspector, along with a motorcycle patrol unit, responded immediately.

 

Upon arrival, officers spotted a grey Honda Wave motorbike with loud exhaust fleeing the scene. Police ordered the motorbike to stop via a loudspeaker, but the rider accelerated instead. Captain Annop attempted to cut off the fleeing vehicle with his pickup truck while two patrol officers on a police motorcycle, Police Lance Corporals Kittisak Inrod (driver) and Kamphon Chankondecha (passenger), gave chase.

 

As the chase reached the area near Wat Tontan in Village 5, Wang Takhian subdistrict, the suspect motorbike suddenly swerved to the right, clipping the front wheel of the pursuing police motorcycle. Both bikes crashed, skidding more than 30 metres along the road.

 

L/Cpl Kittisak Inrod suffered head injuries and was found unconscious in the middle of the road. L/Cpl Kamphon was also injured, left confused and unable to recall the incident. The two teenagers on the fleeing motorcycle also sustained injuries in the crash.

 

Captain Annop quickly reversed and parked his vehicle across the road to block traffic and prevent further problems. Emergency medical teams from Phutthasothon Hospital and Kasemrad Hospital were called to assist. L/Cpl Kittisak was found to have a large head wound and was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment.

 

One of the injured teenagers, a 17-year-old identified only as “A”, told police that he had been riding pillion with his friend “B”, also 17. They had been racing with a group of 3–4 motorcycles when they noticed police giving chase. Initially thinking they should stop, “B” instead decided to speed up to escape, likely fearing arrest due to the illegally modified loud exhaust.

 

Deputy Provincial Police Commander Colonel Somchai Yusawat visited the scene personally and instructed officers to collect all available evidence. He also ordered police to monitor the hospital, fearing that friends of the injured teens might attempt retaliation against police officers.

 

Street racing has become a persistent problem in Chachoengsao, particularly on weekends and public holidays. Residents have repeatedly filed complaints due to the noise from modified exhausts and the danger the illegal races pose to traffic safety.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-07-12