Australian who fled accident scene and was chased by police hits and kills woman 50 in Udon

[DLang]

School children being driven on motorbikes again...... 

[IamNoone88]

Simply dreadful.

[smew]

Treated for mental illness and driving: well we will be asked for memtal med exam before obtaining a driver license, more money for someone. Great opportunity for loony docs 

[Suradit69]

5 hours ago, Tilacme said:

facing a certain gouging by the Thai legal system

I doubt the Thai legal system could be accused of "gouging," whatever happens to him. Whatever the consequences for him, it won't equate to the pain and suffering he caused.

[DLang]

Did the old woman have a valid driving license?

 

2 children being carried on a scooter? Is it legal to have 3 people on a scooter? 

[anon6596585]

This is going to be terrible for all farangs as we are all painted with the same brush. 

Another step back for us and more negative thinking of farangs. 

 

Does this mean in a day or 2 we have a farang taxi driver return 10 million baht cash to a poor Thai tourist?

 

Terrible for the family of this old idiot to do something like this. 

[Araiwah]

Now THIS is a farang that deserves to be banged up and deported. 

 

[Nemesis7]

Sad and Rest In Peace : in deed a tragic event.

teo options maybe jail time or blood money ... 

 

[Saan]

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

This moron idiot now is going to give all us foreigners driving cars

a bad name, and there's nothing more entertaining for the local people

than pointing fingers at foreigners.. what  a complete imbecilic dunce

not to own to a minor accident and be done with it....

That's right in the middle of a tragedy worry about yourself. My thoughts are with the families.

[RichardColeman]

Well, he's certainly going to be a lot poorer in the coming years. 

[douglasspade]

Not the image I would like live-in expats to present to the Thai Kingdom. 

 

RIP to the deceased.

[cyberfarang]

Maybe more to this.

 

Hope the police check out his passport, visa and driving license and also look into how he was managing to support himself in Thailand, because obviously he had more reasons to escape the police then just for causing minor damages to other vehicles. Scumbag should rot in jail.

[dotpoom]

5 hours ago, CelticBhoy said:

Farang flees the scene   . . .  

 

A minor scrape and does a runner!

Then nearly wipes out an entire family.

 

I wouldn't like to be in this guys shoes, that's for sure.

I wouldn't like to be in any sick person's shoes.

[thaiman]

This could lead to stricter immigration laws against foreigners living in Thailand.  Watch the true hatred towards foreigners come to life now.

[catman20]

A really terrible set of events all round.but we don't know if the lady on the bike was in the right or wrong or on the right side of the road or if she pulled out without looking. Needless to say it's a tragedy. RIP

[xerostar]

RIP to the poor mother and hope the boys recover.

This could have serious repercussions for all foreign drivers.

Licence restrictions etc

[Bluespunk]

22 minutes ago, DLang said:

Did the old woman have a valid driving license?

 

2 children being carried on a scooter? Is it legal to have 3 people on a scooter? 

Why not ask her?

 

Oh wait...

[little mary sunshine]

Ran off from a minor accident....what a horrible

person....hope they charge him with murder, sell

his 

 truck, house and all his money in the Thai bank 

account He has to compensate the family.

 

[wvavin]

Oho.....all eyes are on farang drivers now.

[catman20]

4 minutes ago, little mary sunshine said:

Ran off from a minor accident....what a horrible

person....hope they charge him with murder, sell

his 

 truck, house and all his money in the Thai bank 

account He has to compensate the family.

 

Just like they would do to a Thai if he done the same and a farang was killed. Yeah right !

[fvw53]

6 hours ago, CelticBhoy said:

Farang flees the scene   . . .  

 

A minor scrape and does a runner!

Then nearly wipes out an entire family.

 

I wouldn't like to be in this guys shoes, that's for sure.

Don't give him the death penalty or the Assie human right squads will be on the steet

[silent]

4 hours ago, tracker1 said:

A mental condition ? hitting 2 cars and then trying to do the Thai thing doing a runner and runs head on into a bike killing and injuring sounds more like an alcohol problem ! Big trouble either way ! Sad for the deceased and injured

Given the age of the felon and judgement call, has it been considered there's a possibility he came here to get away from persecution for his mental condition in the good old country? Sad for everybody.

[richard_smith237]

No defence of what happened here, this is tragic... 

 

The Foreigner had a mental illness - how was he allowed a license to drive ?

Did he have a license to drive ?

Can the Hospitals here report patients to the DLT to prevent them from driving?

Surely the onus is not on someone with a mental illness to show responsibility about driving?

Did the lady on the motorcycle have a license?

She was illegally carrying two passengers (yes, I know this is quite normal and widely accepted).

 

There is a lot wrong here... As always, with 20/20 hindsight these tragic consequences are as easy to avoid here as they are anywhere else in the world. 

 

Unfortunately, in this case it is a mentally unwell man driving a vehicle which in the wrong hands can kill... WHO allowed him to continue to drive ? or... WHO, knew of his illness and did not act on their responsibility to the public ?

[atyclb]

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

This moron idiot now is going to give all us foreigners driving cars

a bad name, and there's nothing more entertaining for the local people

than pointing fingers at foreigners.. what  a complete imbecilic dunce

not to own to a minor accident and be done with it....

 

 

absolutely correct. because this farang failed to meet thai ethical standards all farangs will be under a negative light.

[ben2talk]

11 minutes ago, little mary sunshine said:

Ran off from a minor accident....what a horrible

person....hope they charge him with murder, sell

his 

 truck, house and all his money in the Thai bank 

account He has to compensate the family.

 

Horrible? Really not just scared? Are you sure about that?

He might have been a complete scumbag. He might have been a family man afraid of losing something. There are many reasons people may behave irrationally after accidents.

 

You know, I met two people who were both judged and executed in these forums. They were both very nice people, with genuine reasons for behaving the way that they did.

 

Stories on here were mostly distorted and biased. You are not aware of all the facts.

You're also wrong to call this 'murder' as you don't know the circumstances.

 

Assuming the policeman chasing him was on a scooter good for maybe 90km/h he might not even have been speeding!!! 

[spacebass]

Crash hemet ?

[owl sees all]

RIP. Fingers X'd for the injured.

[wow64]

He must have been drinking Redbull and thought you could do this kind of thing. 

 

Sorry IJoel you don't have enough money and you are not driving a lambo.

Edited June 21, 2017 by wow64

[Myshkin]

People with mental illness should not be allowed to drive in any country in the world.

[little mary sunshine]

14 minutes ago, ben2talk said:

Horrible? Really not just scared? Are you sure about that?

He might have been a complete scumbag. He might have been a family man afraid of losing something. There are many reasons people may behave irrationally after accidents.

 

You know, I met two people who were both judged and executed in these forums. They were both very nice people, with genuine reasons for behaving the way that they did.

 

Stories on here were mostly distorted and biased. You are not aware of all the facts.

You're also wrong to call this 'murder' as you don't know the circumstances.

 

Assuming the policeman chasing him was on a scooter good for maybe 90km/h he might not even have been speeding!!! 

Neither are you aware of ALL the facts....FACT...woman is dead, two

children serious injured....FACT Run off from a minor accident.....

Rent this trash person a room with a balcony on the 20th floor!!!