Bangkok taxi driver flees petrol station, collides with police vehicle

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PUBLISHED: 22 Dec 2024 at 07: 08

Police inspect a taxi involved in collisions with a truck and a police vehicle after fleeing a petrol station without paying in Chaiyaphum on Saturday. (Photos: Makkawan Wannakul)
After escaping from a gas station in Chaiyaphum on Saturday without paying, authorities inspect a vehicle that has been involved in incidents with a vehicle and a police car. ( Photos: Makkawan Wannakul )

CHAIYAPHUM: A taxi driver who was registered in Bangkok fled a gas place without paying for the gasoline.

Sanya Polkong, the 36-year-old car driver, was arrested after the incident on Chaiyaphum-Bua Yai Road in Muang area on Saturday night.

After he fled a gas station opposite the Lat Yai police stop in the Muang area at around 8.20am on Saturday, the incident occurred as he attempted to elude a police car.

The car drivers was about to return to Bangkok after speaking with authorities about his mother’s visit. He sped over to the gas station to refill his gas tank and fled without paying 1,750 Baht.

The pilot claimed that he escaped because he was wanted in connection with a scam investigation.

The taxi drivers was unharmed. The driver of the truck was injured.