Thread: Man arrested for allegedly stealing from fatal car accident victims

A man was arrested for allegedly stealing valuables from victims of a fatal traffic accident where a 2 pickup trucks collided, killing 2 people and injuring 4. Police say the man pretended to help emergency responders during the rescue and stole valuables from both the deceased and the injured victims.


The accident occurred around 11:50am this morning on Mitrapap highway in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Sung Noen district, northeast of Bangkok. Police say a Isuzu pickup truck heading north swerved, crossing over the median into oncoming traffic and collided with a Nissan pickup truck heading south.


A man and woman in an Isuzu pickup truck died at the scene. A passenger was thrown out of the truck and seriously injured. In the other pickup truck, 3 men were seriously injured and rushed to Sung Noen Hospital.


The accident blocked traffic on the Bangkok-bound side of the highway. Police did not give any additional details about the man that allegedly stole from the victims.


Man arrested for allegedly stealing from fatal car accident victims | The Thaiger

"Brakes failed"?

Originally Posted by misskit

Police did not give any additional details about the man that allegedly stole from the victims.

Was he in uniform ?

(posted by the devil inside me)

Originally Posted by helge

Was he in uniform ?

There used to be a London expression along the lines of "If you want to know the time, ask a policeman." This was a thinly veiled reference to the fact that police were called to dead bodies found, dead bodies that were not wearing wristwatches by the time they reached the morgue.

Originally Posted by Shutree

There used to be a London expression along the lines of "If you want to know the time, ask a policeman." This was a thinly veiled reference to the fact that police were called to dead bodies found, dead bodies that were not wearing wristwatches by the time they reached the morgue.

You were quite close in fairness.

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