Gunfire Reported In Ekkamai After Truck Plows Through Checkpoint

[webfact]

Gunfire Reported In Ekkamai After Truck Plows Through Checkpoint

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter -

 

Photo: @FM91trafficpro / Twitter

 

BANGKOK — Police were pursuing a truck which reportedly ran a police checkpoint in front of a Big C store in the Ekkamai area, plowing through dozens of cars Wednesday afternoon.

 

The incident happened in Soi Sukhumvit 63, and gunfire was heard just after 1pm, according to reports on social media.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/calamity/2016/12/21/truck-plows-dozens-cars-escape-ekkamai-checkpoint/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2016-12-21

[KhunBENQ]

Not a smart idea to break through a checkpoint with a truck after the latest terror attack in Germany which has made headlines even in Thailand.

[webfact]

BREAKING:

Truck crashes into 20 cars on Ekkamai Road to escape checkpoint

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Screenshot: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A six-wheeler crashed into several cars on Ekkamai Road at around 1pm today. It was reported that the driver was attempting to escape a police checkpoint when he crashed into  multiple vehicles.

 

Police radio JS100 reported that the crash happened outside Big C Ekkamai, where about 20 cars and motorcycles were involved, the crash blocked the entire street and police had to fire gunshots at the truck to make the driver stop.

 

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/12/21/breaking-truck-crashes-20-cars-ekkamai-road-escape-checkpoint

 

-- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2016-12-21

[petedk]

Not a smart idea to break through a checkpoint with a truck after the latest terror attack in Germany which has made headlines even in Thailand.

I doubt very much if the Thai police even thought about a terror attack in this case.
No large groups of people around that area.

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[Jonmarleesco]

9 minutes ago, petedk said:

 

I doubt very much if the Thai police even thought about a terror attack in this case.
No large groups of people around that area.

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Constant traffic queues, plus Big C and its mall. Enough, I should think.

Edited December 21, 2016 by Jonmarleesco

[Spaniel]

I wonder if that nice looking babe in the white slacks is involved?

[Bangkok Barry]

Overseas you would see such carnage and think 'Terror Attack'. Here you see it and think 'It's just Thai driving'.

[zaphod reborn]

500 baht and a wai - he'll be back behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler in no time flat.

[amjamj]

2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Not a smart idea to break through a checkpoint with a truck after the latest terror attack in Germany which has made headlines even in Thailand.

 

 

As if any Thai would know what happened in Germany and France...

 

 

 

[impulse]

16 minutes ago, amjamj said:

As if any Thai would know what happened in Germany and France...

 

The Thais working in our office knew.

[harleyclarkey]

2 hours ago, Spaniel said:

I wonder if that nice looking babe in the white slacks is involved?

 

O gawd..... .   

[Enoon]

 

Checkpoint running is virtually a national sport in Thailand.

 

This is the first contender in the Heavyweight Division that I have become aware of.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 21, 2016 by Enoon

[LennyW]

1 hour ago, amjamj said:

 

 

As if any Thai would know what happened in Germany and France...

 

 

 

The vast majority of our Thai workforce are well aware of these happenings.

Edited December 21, 2016 by LennyW

[louse1953]

4 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Not a smart idea to break through a checkpoint with a truck after the latest terror attack in Germany which has made headlines even in Thailand.

Why not,he got away with it.

[louse1953]

2 hours ago, amjamj said:

 

 

As if any Thai would know what happened in Germany and France...

 

 

 

They watch tv don't they.

[Happy Grumpy]

2 hours ago, amjamj said:

As if any Thai would know what happened in Germany and France...

 

Probably more than Germans and French know about the 10000 or so murdered in the Southern Insurgency. over the last decade.

 

 

Much more likely to have been a drug shipment that the cops knew about. 

 

 

 

[petedk]

Anyway, how many times has the Thai government said " There are no terrorists in Thailand."?

[webfact]

‘Out of his mind on drugs’, truck driver causes a 38-vehicle collision
By Kittipong Maneerit 
The Nation 

 

Truck driver Ekkaphot Yossiri, 27, is apprehended by members of the public after he caused a major pile-up on Sukhumvit Soi 63 in Bangkok yesterday.

 

BANGKOK: -- A SIX-WHEEL truck driver, allegedly under the influence of crystal methamphetamine, was nabbed near Sukhumvit Soi 63 in Bangkok’s Wattana district yesterday afternoon for causing a 38-vehicle collision.

 

The suspect, who was fleeing after crashing into a policeman’s motorcycle, went on to hit 10 other vehicles and then caused a pile-up of 28 vehicles in a 5-kilometre stretch of Sukhumvit Soi 63. The incident also caused severe traffic jams.

 

Upon hearing of the accidents at 1pm, police rushed to the scene to find 26 cars and two motorcycles hit by the truck from the middle to the start of the soi, where the truck was parked after having run out of petrol.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30302607

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2016-12-22

 

[roo860]

Just seen a video, he was on the the receiving end of a bit of "street justice."

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[fruitman]

14 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Just seen a video, he was on the the receiving end of a bit of "street justice."

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obviously not enough, his face looks undamaged.

[roo860]

obviously not enough, his face looks undamaged.

I had to smile when I saw the copper waving his gun about!

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[steve187]

15 hours ago, Spaniel said:

I wonder if that nice looking babe in the white slacks is involved?

straight to the important part of the thread

[rtco]

16 hours ago, Spaniel said:

I wonder if that nice looking babe in the white slacks is involved?

Do you need glasses?

[cruisemonkey]

Where's the video?... I want to see this 'babe'.

Edited December 22, 2016 by cruisemonkey
punctumacation

[whatproblem]

So when he gets his 500 baht fine it will be about 14 baht per vehicle ,nice

[Jonmarleesco]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

'Upon hearing of the accidents ...'

Interesting use of the word accidents. He's damned lucky he wasn't shot. The police would have had every right to have done so, given all-too-recent events of which Yossiri is no doubt blissfully ignorant.

[Spaniel]

7 hours ago, cruisemonkey said:

Where's the video?... I want to see this 'babe'.

You don't need to see the video.      Check out the pic at the start of the story.

[jerome2]

First offence walk free

[KKr]

Another incident which proofs that "Speed" should remain a controlled substance.

As I understand he was charged with reckless driving and possession?
What about driving under influence ?

Edited December 22, 2016 by KKr

[cncltd1973]

17 hours ago, roo860 said:

I had to smile when I saw the copper waving his gun about!

 

 

That is a dangerous cop, it was pointing at more bystanders than the culprit!