Senior policeman and wife die in smash with "drunk, argumentative and babbling" factory owner

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Senior policeman and wife die in smash with "drunk, argumentative and babbling" factory owner

 

Main caption: Big businessman was drunk

 

A wealthy businessman who is the owner of a famous auto parts factory is in the cells after he drove his Mercedes Benz and collided with a Suzuki Swift on the outskirts of Bangkok.

 

Thai Rath reported that Somchai Werotphiphat, 57, was blind drunk and incoherent and arguing with arresting officers as back-up had to be called to control him. 

 

The destroyed Suzuki had mounted the railings of a bridge over a klong in Thawee Wattana district. It happened in an area known as Soi Ngam Thammachart.

 

Dead in the driver's seat with head and other injuries was Police Colonel Jatuporn Ngamsuwitchakun a deputy commander at the Crime Suppression Division. 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

His 44 year old wife Nuchanat initially survived but was later pronounced dead in hospital following the crash just after midnight this morning. 

 

Also in the car was their 16 year old daughter Piyapha who is in a grievous condition in hospital.

 

Further along from the bridge investigators found a Mercedes Benz E 250 with its front smashed and a front wheel completely skewed. 

 

Somchai Werotphiphat was the driver and he was clearly drunk. He is a senior executive of Thai Carbon and Graphic Co. Ltd an auto parts manufacturer and distributor.

 

Pol Capt Phitak investigating the incident said that Somchai was drunk and incoherent unable to say what had happened. He was taken to hospital to check for injuries before being charged with DUI and being held in the cells.

 

Pictures of Somchai smiling inanely at the police station were published by Thai Rath. 

 

They added that Somchai was the owner of a high-tech factory that was so well regarded that it exported auto parts to the rest of Asia. 

 

They described him as drunk, incoherent and babbling. On the way to hospital he was arguing so much with police that back-up needed to be called to help restrain him. 

 

Police were waiting for him to sober up and for the 16 year old daughter of the dead to recover sufficiently so she could be interviewed. CCTV was also being examined to try and determine exactly what had happened. 

 

Autopsies were ordered for the dead.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-04-12

[4MyEgo]

Sad for the daughter now without parents, but the reality is, until Thailand enforce the law beforehand to prevent these tragedies recurring, nothing will change.

 

RIP to the cop and his wife, life for the scumbag drunk, but we all know it will be a wai and 500 baht fine with some compo for the daughter.

[khwaibah]

R.I.P. All of his assets to the daughter then CAP this scum bag.

[varun]

It had to be a monkey-brained Somchai.

Just goes to show that no amount of money can compensate for lack of human evolution.

 

It's the Redbull incident all over again - although this time it's a senior policeman on the receiving end.

Could get interesting.

[fantom]

Looking at the wreckage I wondered if the occupants of the Suzuki were wearing seatbelts.  Head and other injuries suggests not.

[Vacuum]

2 minutes ago, fantom said:

Looking at the wreckage I wondered if the occupants of the Suzuki were wearing seatbelts.  Head and other injuries suggests not.

Correct thinking. Looks more like a 'parking' accident. Why doesn't people use them?

[Enoon]

7 minutes ago, fantom said:

Looking at the wreckage I wondered if the occupants of the Suzuki were wearing seatbelts.  Head and other injuries suggests not.

 

The all too familiar equation for road fatalities seen on these pages.

 

Carelessness by both "perpetrator" and "victim(s)".

 

 

[RJRS1301]

29 minutes ago, losworld said:

here come the apologists lol

Why are people who point out the bleeding obvious, call apologists??

Drunken accidents happen all over the world FACT

[RJRS1301]

11 minutes ago, fantom said:

Looking at the wreckage I wondered if the occupants of the Suzuki were wearing seatbelts.  Head and other injuries suggests not.

I am surprised no ACTUALLY HORRIFIED, about the lack of care and enforcement regarding seatbelts here.

I have had drivers laugh at me for putting mine on irrespective of where I am seated, often told "no worry about it".

[joecoolfrog]

19 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Why are people who point out the bleeding obvious, call apologists??

Drunken accidents happen all over the world FACT

Not to the same degree ...FACT

[metisdead]

A troll baiting post has been removed as well as the replies. 

[CanuckThai]

Rip to the unlucky.

 

I was at a celebration last night, sat with 2 directors (1 local school, 1 local hospital), and our wives.  The wives (not drinking) left and went home, after a good visit.  The 3 of us continued "celebrating" until we ran out of whiskey, brandy and gin...2 of us staggered our separate ways home, one was adamant about driving....  Mai pen rai

[Pedrogaz]

NO penalty of he's rich....stay and face the music like Premchai and get acquitted or run like the Red Bull heir....your choice. Make sure they don't get to keep your passport, but I'm sure as a Benz driving rich factory owner you can pay to keep it.

[Odysseus123]

1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said:

Why are people who point out the bleeding obvious, call apologists??

Drunken accidents happen all over the world FACT

Rubbish.

 

This is CARNAGE and SLAUGHTER.

[Odysseus123]

24 minutes ago, CanuckThai said:

Rip to the unlucky.

 

I was at a celebration last night, sat with 2 directors (1 local school, 1 local hospital), and our wives.  The wives (not drinking) left and went home, after a good visit.  The 3 of us continued "celebrating" until we ran out of whiskey, brandy and gin...2 of us staggered our separate ways home, one was adamant about driving....  Mai pen rai

You should think about your post.

 

You are not exactly a responsible friend,eh?

 

Which is,perhaps,why you chose to hide in Thailand.

 

[hotchilli]

42 minutes ago, CanuckThai said:

Rip to the unlucky.

 

I was at a celebration last night, sat with 2 directors (1 local school, 1 local hospital), and our wives.  The wives (not drinking) left and went home, after a good visit.  The 3 of us continued "celebrating" until we ran out of whiskey, brandy and gin...2 of us staggered our separate ways home, one was adamant about driving....  Mai pen rai

So you were complicit in a possible tragedy like the one that happened in this post !

You should have removed his keys from him and called a taxi to take him home!!

[CanuckThai]

3 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

You should think about your post.

 

You are not exactly a responsible friend,eh?

 

Which is,perhaps,why you chose to hide in Thailand.

 

Nice one...

 

Well, a farang offering advice to a Thai, can be a challenge.  A drunk farang offering advice to a drunk Thai, that holds a "position"......all the best and kudos, to those successful souls.

 

Not sure what the "hide in Thailand" bit is about....  I suppose the drunk farang should have tackled or beat the tar out of the Thai, until he surrendered his keys.  I would in the west, but here,  the rest of the Thai's at the celebration, may have reacted, in kind....

[Odysseus123]

2 minutes ago, CanuckThai said:

Nice one...

 

Well, a farang offering advice to a Thai, can be a challenge.  A drunk farang offering advice to a drunk Thai, that holds a "position"......all the best and kudos, to those successful souls.

 

Not sure what the "hide in Thailand" bit is about....  I suppose the drunk farang should have tackled or beat the tar out of the Thai, until he surrendered his keys.  I would in the west, but here,  the rest of the Thai's at the celebration, may have reacted, in kind....

But you posted it,right?

 

Which makes it complicit.

 

You understand that,right?

 

Denying any form of responsibility is de riguer if you live in Thailand,right?

 

 

[Curt1591]

1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said:

I am surprised no ACTUALLY HORRIFIED, about the lack of care and enforcement regarding seatbelts here.

I have had drivers laugh at me for putting mine on irrespective of where I am seated, often told "no worry about it".

When riding in the rear seats, I wear my seatbelt. I don't wish to have the person in the front seat have absorb my impact like an airbag!

[sammieuk1]

The usual apathy from a wealthy Thai sure if it was possible he would have run and now thinking of how much to make this inconvenience go away????

[CanuckThai]

 

20 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

But you posted it,right?

 

Which makes it complicit.

 

You understand that,right?

 

Denying any form of responsibility is de riguer if you live in Thailand,right?

 

 

I'm always open to creative and constructive suggestions.  What's your MO, or game plan when you're drunk, dealing with drunk Thais, surrounded by other drunk Thais? 

[from the home of CC]

10 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

The usual apathy from a wealthy Thai sure if it was possible he would have run and now thinking of how much to make this inconvenience go away????

but the heat from other prominent cases may cook this guy, we'll see.

[nodomino]

Alcohol is the single most damaging drug to people and property around the world. 

[KneeDeep]

50 minutes ago, CanuckThai said:

Nice one...

 

Well, a farang offering advice to a Thai, can be a challenge.  A drunk farang offering advice to a drunk Thai, that holds a "position"......all the best and kudos, to those successful souls.

 

Not sure what the "hide in Thailand" bit is about....  I suppose the drunk farang should have tackled or beat the tar out of the Thai, until he surrendered his keys.  I would in the west, but here,  the rest of the Thai's at the celebration, may have reacted, in kind....

 

I can only apologise for the holier than thou types here. I am sure they are all have-a-go heroes.

[soalbundy]

2 hours ago, fantom said:

Looking at the wreckage I wondered if the occupants of the Suzuki were wearing seatbelts.  Head and other injuries suggests not.

 better question would be,"What is a senior policeman doing driving a Suzuki"

[from the home of CC]

12 minutes ago, nodomino said:

Alcohol is the single most damaging drug to people and property around the world. 

so far yes, the next generations may improve on its model..

[simon43]

7 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

 better question would be,"What is a senior policeman doing driving a Suzuki"

An honest cop?

[jesimps]

2 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Why are people who point out the bleeding obvious, call apologists??

Drunken accidents happen all over the world FACT

But nowhere near on the same scale as here. #1 in the world for road deaths FACT!

[soalbundy]

13 minutes ago, simon43 said:

An honest cop?

I did think of that at first but dismissed the idea immediately.

[soalbundy]

40 minutes ago, CanuckThai said:

 

I'm always open to creative and constructive suggestions.  What's your MO, or game plan when you're drunk, dealing with drunk Thais, surrounded by other drunk Thais? 

one should never mix with drunk Thais in the first place, that's asking for trouble.