Phuket police place no charges against 'dazed driving' Irish man

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Phuket police place no charges against 'dazed driving' Irish man
Saroj Kueprasertkij


No charges were placed against Derek John Essen who was pulled his vehicle when he smashed into a speed-limit sign on the hill between Kamala and Patong after watching the World Cup Final on Nov 1.

PHUKET: -- The Irishman who was pulled from a wrecked Honda Jazz after smashing it in to road sign on his way home from watching the Rugby World Cup in Patong on Nov 1 is to face no criminal charges The Phuket News learned today (Nov 16).

Derek John Essen, 67, was said to be in a ‘dazed’ state when police pulled him from the wrecked black Honda Jazz he was driving when he smashed into a speed-limit sign on the hill between Kamala and Patong on Nov 1.

Pol Lt Col Somnuek Damkaew told The Phuket News today, “When we pulled him from the wreckage we did not smell any alcohol on him so we didn’t breathalyse him.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-police-place-no-charges-against-dazed-driving-irish-man-54989.php


-- Phuket News 2015-11-16

[zaphod reborn]

1. He was speeding in the early morning hours and had a one vehicle collision with a stationary object;

2. He was coming from a bar in Patong;

3. He's Irish

When we pulled him from the wreckage we did not smell any alcohol on him so we didn’t breathalyse him

So, he must have made the requisite compensation payment to the BIB. Good to see that the Phuket BIB are doing their best to crack down on drunk driving as they have proclaimed the need to reduce motor vehicle accidents.

[balo]

He only killed a road sign so no need to fine him.

Edited November 16, 2015 by balo

[PattayaPhom]

1. He was speeding in the early morning hours and had a one vehicle collision with a stationary object;

2. He was coming from a bar in Patong;

3. He's Irish

When we pulled him from the wreckage we did not smell any alcohol on him so we didn’t breathalyse him

So, he must have made the requisite compensation payment to the BIB. Good to see that the Phuket BIB are doing their best to crack down on drunk driving as they have proclaimed the need to reduce motor vehicle accidents.

Hes Irish?

[Chicog]

He only killed a road sign so no need to fine him.

Oh I think he got fined alright.

[HyperRai]

If you have an accident, get robbed or what ever happen to a Farang in Thailand he is always the idiot. There are also some normal people out here.

[Somtamnication]

Didn't know they accepted Irish currency.

[godden]

A dizzy Irishman known plenty.

[stevenl]

No complaints abut discrimination against the farang this time?

[madmitch]

Surely the story is true. It came from the police and it's in the newspaper.

[Linky]

1. He was speeding in the early morning hours and had a one vehicle collision with a stationary object;

2. He was coming from a bar in Patong;

3. He's Irish

When we pulled him from the wreckage we did not smell any alcohol on him so we didnt breathalyse him

So, he must have made the requisite compensation payment to the BIB. Good to see that the Phuket BIB are doing their best to crack down on drunk driving as they have proclaimed the need to reduce motor vehicle accidents.

He was speeding? Where did you get that info?

[mancub]

Praise where due, as there was no damage done to anyone or anything (including the road sign)and he was not considered to be under the influence, then the officers acting accordingly and commendably in assisting him.