News Forum - Police lieutenant in NE Thailand reportedly kills motorcyclist in crash

[Thaiger]

Last night, a police lieutenant in northeast Thailand reportedly crashed into five motorcycles and killed one motorcyclist. CCTV footage caught the lieutenant ramming his truck into the motorcycles waiting for a traffic light at a traffic island in Buriram province.  The motorcyclist killed was a 25 year old waiting to make a U-turn. After the crash, the lieutenant’s pickup truck lost control and bumped into three other motorcycles on the other side of the road, injuring another three people. One person had serious injuries.  Buriram Police have ordered the Nang Rong district police to conduct an investigation fairly and without […]

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[palooka]

The lieutenant has been ordered to conduct a blood test for possible alcohol and drug abuse. The test results are undergoing. 

Ordered to have a blood test, today or tomorrow.

[IanW]

Is that correct, he has up to 2 days to submit for alcohol and drug testing?  Alcohol will be gone by then.

[Fanta]

On 9/22/2022 at 3:24 PM, palooka said:

The lieutenant has been ordered to conduct a blood test for possible alcohol and drug abuse. The test results are undergoing. 

Ordered to have a blood test, today or tomorrow.

He has probably been ordered to drug and alcohol test the victims… 

[gazmo16]

A breathalyzer test is against the clock as the levels drop roughly one unit per hour (e.g. 5 hours / 5 drink units etc) but hopefully the blood test even delayed should still come up with a fairly accurate result as they can backtrack by the hour to get a reading at the time of the accident. 

Assuming they actually bother in a Police involved collision of course.