Thread: Thailand : Laotian girl cut in half by speeding Porsche

Porsche driver at funeral
Published: 30/03/2011 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News


The teenage driver of a Porsche involved in the death of a 17-year-old Lao girl has apologised and agreed to pay 350,000 baht aid money to the victim's family.

Peerapol Thaksinthaweesap, 19, a first-year Rangsit University student, yesterday attended the funeral of Kambai Inthilat at Sai Noi Temple in Nonthaburi province.

Kambai was crossing the Pathum Thani-Bang Bua Thong Road last Friday afternoon when a Porsche driven by Mr Peerapol slammed into her, cutting her body in half with her torso coming to rest on the seat beside the driver.

The white Porsche Cayman belongs to his father, Suppachai Thaksinthaweesap.

"I really didn't want the accident to occur," Mr Peerapol told the dead girl's mother, Ulai Borchue, 35, a Lao national, as he gave her a deep wai as a gesture of apology.

Mrs Ulai replied: "I forgive you. Don't worry."

Both broke into tears as they hugged each other.

Mr Peerapol surrendered to Pathum Thani police on Sunday to face reckless driving and hit-and-run charges.

Mr Peerapol has paid 300,000 baht aid money to Mrs Ulai and another 50,000 baht to cover funeral expenses.

An insurance company will also pay 200,000-baht compensation to the victim's family.

Saddened by the death of her teenage daughter, Mrs Ulai said she won't let her children come to a big city in Thailand anymore.

Mrs Ulai has four children. Kambai was her second child.

"Kambai was a first-year student at her secondary school in Vientiane. She was a smart student and also a school athlete," the mother said.

She had always hoped that Kambai could grow up to help her run the family.

Mrs Ulai is the breadwinner of her family.

Her husband, a former construction worker, was left disabled after a heavy metal bar fell on his leg.

Originally Posted by genghis61

Mr Peerapol surrendered to Pathum Thani police on Sunday to face reckless driving and hit-and-run charges.

As the family have accepted the payment - does this mean there will be no police charges?

Originally Posted by genghis61

agreed to pay 350,000 baht aid money to the victim's family

outrageous,

Originally Posted by genghis61

Mrs Ulai replied: "I forgive you. Don't worry."

even more outrageous,

lambs to the slaughter, and they wonder why the HiSo get away with so many things

where is the state prosecutor ? or the law for that matter ?

Originally Posted by genghis61

Her husband, a former construction worker, was left disabled after a heavy metal bar fell on his leg.

Jesus, looks like this poor family is just all out of luck, so very very sad.

Well, guess that's that. She did get 1/2 million, which is more than I expected.

He is still facing the prospect of charges but since these will be determined by evidence gathering ( and there won't be any of that ) it's fairly likely the reckless driving offence will be dropped and the only charge he will probably face is leaving the scene of an 'accident'. Tap on the wrist and all back to normal.

Anyway the little chickenhead apologised to the mother and gave a deep wai so he must mean it......

done and dusted the cash has changed hands

^Yep. All done now. Formalities over. Back to the mall with his buds.

Originally Posted by genghis61

An insurance company will also pay 200,000-baht compensation to the victim's family.

Interestingly, if you look at most comprehensive insurance policies here, they often quote 1 million baht compensation per person in the event of a third party death. And yet, even in this high profile case the insurance company are only putting up 200,000 baht. What circumstances you would have to incur in order to get the full one million baht is a mystery.

It just illustrates that even if you have the best comprehensive insurance you can get, in the event you cause a fatality in an accident its going to be you yourself that will end up paying the lions share of any compensation.

If the victim had been a high so graduate then of course, the amount of money involved would have been a lot more for sure.

So whats a Laotion worth ? The car cost millions but the payout is only in the hundreds of thousands.

The family should have demanded the car as well.
As someone said, no one else will want it now.

I have to say when parents, or anyone else for that matter puts a value on their lost family member's head and allow the dollars to forgive, then justice will never be dished out to careless drivers such as this.

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

I have to say when parents, or anyone else for that matter puts a value on their lost family member's head and allow the dollars to forgive, then justice will never be dished out to careless drivers such as this.

I get what you are saying, but surely can understand why the family would do this. They know the score.

Originally Posted by robuzo

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

I have to say when parents, or anyone else for that matter puts a value on their lost family member's head and allow the dollars to forgive, then justice will never be dished out to careless drivers such as this.

I get what you are saying, but surely can understand why the family would do this. They know the score.

Yes, it's pragmatic.

I have to admit they got more than I thought they would be getting still bollicks though

The rich guy-poor girl angle is being played out like some Thai soap, but just wonder how many other people are killed and maimed on Thailand's roads every day?

They will pay nothing as the expense of fixing the damage to the car caused by her hitting it will take all.

Originally Posted by kmart

The rich guy-poor girl angle is being played out like some Thai soap, but just wonder how many other people are killed and maimed on Thailand's roads every day?

A long distance truck driver who retired in my wife's moo baan relates several anecdotes about running people over at night during his career. Naturally he never stopped once but what was truly disturbing was the indifference he showed to their fate. Otherwise, he was no different in most other respects to all the other chaps there.

Which is one of the reasons I could never live among them - scratch the surface and most are savages.

Songkraan Festival in a couple of weeks, then there is some real carnage on the roads here. Annual Lemming-like dash home to the boondocks c/w alcohol. Hilarity ensues.

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

This site says 12,000 deaths per year...

Can we have a separate topic for each of them?

just coincidence, but unfortunate product placement.
Right now the Bangkok Post's home page has a para linking to a story promoting Porsche cars, the item directly next to it on the right is about this girl's death.

So on the basis any publicity is good publicity: (not the same model as in the crash)



Porsche with good value
A 380hp Porsche for Boxster money in Thailand?

. . . You really won't be craving any more performance, unless you have driven the Turbo which is blindingly quick and probably a little too much for Thai road conditions. The Turbo seems to be more suitable for 200kph-plus blasts on the German autobahn.

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and then

A time to forgive

Ulai Borchue lost her daughter Kambai Inthilat in a horrific hit-and-run accident last week, but it was forgiveness, not vengeance that was on her mind yesterday


Ulai Borchue, 35, left, receives a wai from Peerapol Thaksinthaweesayp, 19, whose Porsche struck her daughter, Kambai Inthilat, killing her instantly in Pathum Thani last week.

Originally Posted by The_Ghost_Of_The_Moog

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

This site says 12,000 deaths per year...

Can we have a separate topic for each of them?

may well be wrong . . . but I understood the Thai road death tally was artificially low in that it only counted deaths at the scene of the accident, ie excluded a person who mights die hours/days/weeks later in hospital as a result of injuries suffered.

Anyone?

Originally Posted by genghis61

Mrs Ulai replied: "I forgive you. Don't worry."

Both broke into tears as they hugged each other.

.

In a strange sort of way, they are more civilized than us hairy big noses smelling of cheese.