A senior official of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) was found drunk after his pickup truck crashed into a motorcycle, severing a delivery rider’s arm and killing him, before allegedly attempting to flee in Nonthaburi on Wednesday night.
The suspect, identified as Jarong Kroamoh, was tested and found to have a blood alcohol level of 189 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of blood, far beyond the legal limit for driving at 50mg, according to police.
Mr Jarong serves as the director of the Office of Investigation and Special Affairs.
Police and emergency units were called to the scene at about 11pm on a bridge on the outbound lane of Ratchaphruek Road in Bangrak Noi.
At the scene, officers found a dead motorcyclist, identified as Sornarin Nakongsi, 43, a delivery app rider.
The victim’s severed left arm was found in the far left lane of the three-lane road. His body also showed severe head injuries. About 300 metres away was his damaged motorcycle.
Near the foot of the bridge, police found the suspect’s black Mitsubishi Triton, with a heavily damaged front-left bumper and a burst tyre.
A witness told police the victim was travelling in the left lane when the Mitsubishi, initially in the right lane, swerved into the left lane and slammed into the back of the motorcycle, dragging it a long distance.
The witness said the pickup driver attempted to flee, but the burst tyre prevented the vehicle from getting very far. Some other witnesses also followed and confronted the driver, stopping him from escaping.
“After getting out of his vehicle, the driver appeared drunk and claimed he was a senior government official and knew senior police officers in Nonthaburi,” local media quoted the witness as saying.
He added that there was an attempt at the scene to switch the driver with another person and that he had recorded video of everything.
