A 20 year outdated drunk driver crashed his Mercedes-Benz into a motorcycle taxi driver on the Rama 9 Road in Bangkok. The driver was caught on digicam fleeing the scene of the accident with the victim still clinging to the automobile bonnet.
On Tuesday, a Thai TikToker posted a video of an incident at the Rama 9 intersection which occurred on April sixteen. Crazy shows a number of orange-jacketed bike taxi drivers – or “win” drivers – surrounding the automotive. One win driver, the sufferer, lay on the automobile bonnet in an effort to stop the assailant from fleeing, reviews CH8.
Despite the win driver’s efforts, the motive force darted away from the scene at a excessive velocity moments later – with the victim nonetheless clinging to the Mercedes’ bonnet.
The video went viral on TikTok with netizens expressing concern for the sufferer and wondering what occurred after the clip ended.
Yesterday, officers from the Makkasan Police Station reported that the driver was a 20 year old man who was under the influence of alcohol. He had been consuming at an leisure venue called Royal City Avenue (RCA) before the accident occurred.
Police say that the drunk driver hit the victim earlier than fleeing the scene, but the group of win drivers rapidly adopted and managed to cease the automotive on the Rama 9 intersection, which is when the victim lay on the bonnet, as seen in the clip.
However, the hit-and-run driver didn’t get very far as his tire blew in entrance of Rama 9 Soi 15, about three kilometres away from the scene of the accident, the place he was arrested by the police.
Approved -Benz driver admitted to the police that he was drunk, but claimed that did not realise that he crashed into the win driver. Then, he claimed he didn’t know that the win driver was on his bonnet as he sped off. He mentioned he was frightened as a outcome of the win drivers surrounded his automobile, so he determined to make a break for it.
The sufferer requested compensation of a hundred,000 baht because he was injured in the accident. The Mercedes-Benz driver negotiated a settlement of 50,000 baht and has already paid 20,000 baht to the victim. He promised to pay the remaining 30,000 baht at present, reports CH8.
Officers at Makkasan Police Station charged the driver with driving under the influence of alcohol, which triggered damage to the victim and damage to a different person’s belongings. The penalty for this offence is imprisonment for 2 to 6 years, a fantastic of forty,000 to one hundred,000 baht, and the suspension or revocation of the driver’s license..