PUBLISHED: 24 Dec 2024 at 11: 06
NAKHON RATCHASIMA- An intoxicated 75-year-old drove his vehicle into a group in front of a college, killing a police and injuring nine different people, later Monday evening.
Four individuals, four kids, four vendors, and four vendors were among the injured. Three of the students ‘ wounds were thought to be serious.  ,
Somsak Asaichao had been arrested at the scene, according to Pol Maj Gen Narongrit Dansuwan, the municipal police captain, on Tuesday. He was being held in custody despite being denied loan by the police.
The elderly and drunk man fled from a group on Monday and drove his car into the group in front of Ban Don Kwang School on Phetmatula Road in tambon Hua Talay of Muang region at around 4.15pm, according to him.
Mr Somsak’s Honda CR-V car crashed into other cars and even killed Pol Lt Wimut Tansupho, a 57-year-old assistant traffic chief inspector of Muang Nakhon Ratchasima police station. Nine additional people were injured, four kids, four kids and a flesh game supplier, he said. Three of the individuals suffered serious injuries.
His car came to a stop on its part, head into the school gate, beside a company’s stall.  ,
According to Pol Maj Gen Narongrit, Mr. Somsak was facing charges including drunken driving that could result in death and injury and carries a maximum fine of 200, 000 ringgit.
The suspect was being detained at the police station in Muang Nakhon Ratchasima. He reportedly told the police that he had no idea what the injury he had caused.
Ban Don Kwang School was closed on Tuesday. The deceased police officer’s funeral services were being attended by death directors.