Swiss Man Dies After Drunk Drive Crash

[webfact]

Swiss Man Dies After Drunk Drive Crash

 

 

CityNews – A Swiss man has died after crashing into a canal while allegedly driving drunk on homebrew.

 

At midnight on May 7, police were called after a villager found a crashed bike and body in a small canal in Ban Mai Village in San Kanphaeng.

 

The body was identified as 68-year-old Winkler Chales, a Swiss national, who resided in Ontai Sub-district.

 

According to witnesses he met that night, he decided to drive home while to get more homebrew. He was driving fast overtaking many cars before he crashed into the canal and broke his ribs and fractured his skull. He later died from the injuries.

 

According to authorities, this is the third major traffic accident he has been involved in.

 

His family and the Swiss Embassy have been informed.

 

UPDATE: A friend of Chales, Donal Erdphol, contacted CityNews following the publication of this news article to express his personal opinion on the report and to give a background to Chales, not wanting his life to be condensed into this one final tragedy.

 

Full story: http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/swiss-man-dies-after-drunk-drive-crash/

 

-- © Copyright Chiang City News 2017-05-10

[johncat1]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

According to authorities, this is the third major traffic accident he has been involved in.

 

So by using the word " has " instead of " had " they are inferring he will have more accidents even though he is dead 

[Jeremy50]

No, not really. As events are very recent, the use of the present perfect is natural and correct. If the events had happened, let's say a week or more in the past, then the use of the past perfect would indeed have been more appropriate. 

Edited May 10, 2017 by Jeremy50
Grammar.

[oxo1947]

 

The Grammar police have arrived...............

 

 

Edited May 10, 2017 by oxo1947

[bristolgeoff]

home brew you mean low cal.that will f-----k u up

[Mavrix]

Sounds like he had a death wish

[stutz]

RIP...68 is too young but he hopefully passed away living the life he wanted.

[sirmud63]

11 hours ago, oxo1947 said:

 

The Grammar police have arrived...............

 

 

 

[sanukjim]

1 hour ago, stutz said:

RIP...68 is too young but he hopefully passed away living the life he wanted.

I guess that for some idxots staying here long enough they fall into the Thainess life  of drunk driving and speeding on a motor bike with no helmet.I can just picture him looking like the face on the old "Mad Magazine " with the caption,"What me worry?".

[CLW]

By reading the full report he also could probably the victim of a hit and run accident.
Anyway​, that doesn't make him alive and only he knows the answer.
May he rest in peace...

[saakura]

The article says that he was living in San Kamphaeng Phet for the last 30 years!! Wonder what was his occupation and what was his typical day like? 

[Rhys]

RIP... sad way to go out...

[tandor]

On 5/10/2017 at 6:52 PM, johncat1 said:

So by using the word " has " instead of " had " they are inferring he will have more accidents even though he is dead 

...next life isn't shaping up too good then...RIP

[simoh1490]

On 10/05/2017 at 6:52 PM, johncat1 said:

So by using the word " has " instead of " had " they are inferring he will have more accidents even though he is dead 

Don't forget this is Thailand and that English is not the first language of many people who write such articles.

[Moonlover]

On 5/10/2017 at 6:52 PM, johncat1 said:

So by using the word " has " instead of " had " they are inferring he will have more accidents even though he is dead 

Past, (has) present (had) and future (will). All three basic tenses confusingly brought together in one sentence! And the implication is wrong anyway.

 

By using the expression 'has been', the tense in the sentence is clearly implied and the grammar is therefor correct.