A BANGKOK taxi driver who was tracked down and arrested after stabbing an Australian man in the wee hours of Wednesday (Oct. 23) during a row over damage to his vehicle apologised to the tourist after being apprehended, Amarin TV said this morning (Oct. 25). Pol. Col. Phanom Chuathong, superintendent of Thung Maha Mek
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Police chase knife-wielding delirious truck driver on Rama IV road
FOUR policemen riding two motorcycles chased a knife-wielding driver of a six-wheel truck that does not have side panels up and down Rama IV road from 2 p.m. onwards today (Sept. 4) but he managed to drive off towards Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, TV Channel 3 Plus News said. The driver appeared to be
Read moreTourist in row with tuk tuk driver taken to court
A BRITISH tourist who was videotaped by a tuk tuk dash cam assaulting the driver in a row over the fare in Phuket was apprehended in Krabi last evening and taken to the district court today (May 1), Amarin TV said. The attack took place at around 4 a.m. last Friday (Apr. 26) with
Read moreAgain in Phuket: Foreigner attacks tuk tuk driver in row over fare
TWO Facebook users shared a dash cam video clip showing a foreign man attacking a Phuket tuk tuk driver in a dispute over the fare for a ride from Patong to Karon beach on Apr. 26, 2024, Naewna newspaper said. The tuk tuk driver, only identified as Abdulloh, had asked for 400 baht for
Read moreDrunk cabbie hits and kills policeman
AN INTOXICATED taxi driver hit a traffic policeman who was flagging down a car at a charity run at 6 a.m. this morning (Apr. 28) and he later died at the hospital, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Assada Chamniansri, 54, attached to Bang Khen police station, was on duty directing traffic at the mini
Read moreJapanese man chased by knife-wielding cabbie after dispute over not using the meter
GOING VIRAL on Thai social media is an account by a Japanese man on having to run for his life from a knife-wielding taxi driver after a dispute over the latter not turning on the meter, TV Channel 3’s 3PlusNews said this afternoon (Feb. 8). This Japanese man, only identified as X who has
Read morePhuket van driver’s licence suspended after being filmed playing slot games
THE PHUKET Land Transport Office today (Feb. 13) suspended a van driver’s driving licence for 90 days after he was filmed by a passenger playing online slot games on his mobile phone while taking them from Patong beach to the downtown and posted it on social media, Thai Rath newspaper said. The 17-second video
Read moreCourt acquits truck driver charged with possessing 1 Speed pill
HUA HIN Provincial Court quashed a charge of possessing one methamphetamine (Speed) pill filed against a truck driver after a police search on November 13 last year landed him in a legal tangle, Channel 3 News reported today (Sept. 22, 2020). Mr. Sophon Wongsawat, 47, was driving a truck loaded with rubber sheets from Chumphon
Read moreHunt for owner of SUV who escaped in a cab after accident
AFTER A bad accident at Klong Toei intersection early this morning the owner of a Ford Everest SUV, who eyewitnesses claim was drunk, crossed the road via the pedestrian bridge and hopped onto a cab thus coolly fleeing the scene, Sanook.com reported today (Sept. 13, 2020). The SUV driver had set off from Ratchadapisek road
Read moreHunt for cabbie who punctured tyres on five vehicles
A TAXI driver flattened the tyres on five vehicle parked at Nonthaburi province’s Baan Muang district municipality yesterday leaving the owners completely perplexed as to why he did so, Sanook.com reported today (Sept. 5, 2020). The five victims of this vandalism, which was shared on line by the New Content page, are Mr. Chakrit, 34,
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