Drunken motorist in cyclist accident charged with reckless driving (UPDATED)
Cycling is normally a safe, healthy sport. The danger comes from the motorists cyclists must share the roads with. The driver involved in Sunday's accident has now been charged.
Cycling is normally a safe, healthy sport. The danger comes from the motorists cyclists must share the roads with. The driver involved in Sunday's accident has now been charged.
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Patchuda Jayruan, 23, a Chiang Mai student, admitted drinking before setting out for home and crashing into a group of cyclists on the Chiang Mai-Chiang Rai road. Photos by Cheewin Sattha
Tuesday update
Drunk student charged with reckless driving
Online reporters
Police on Monday charged a university student with reckless driving after she rammed her car into a group of cyclists, killing three and injuring two others.
Pol Col Mongkol Sumpawaphol, deputy commander of Chiang Mai police, said the charges of driving with carelessness leading to death and injury were filed against Phatchuda Chairuan, 23, Manager Online reported today.
The charge carries a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine of up to 20,000 baht under the Criminal Code.
'Drunken' motorist, 23, kills 3 cyclists
Cheewin Sattha
A female university student who rammed her car into a group of cyclists, killing three of them and injuring six others (now revised downwards to two), in Chiang Mai's Doi Saket district Sunday tested positive for driving under the influence of alcohol, police said.
Pol Maj Suriyan Chansai, an investigator at Doi Saket station, said Patchuda Jayruan, 23, appeared intoxicated when she was rescued from her overturned black Toyota.
The woman was later found to have an alcohol level of 67 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of blood, well beyond the legal limit of 50mg per 100ml.
After she recovers Ms Patchuda will be summoned to acknowledge a charge of causing deaths by drink-driving, Pol Maj Suriyan said.
Ms Patchuda told investigators she was returning to her home in Doi Saket district after leaving a party in Muang district, the officer said.
She told officers that before the accident she had taken a brief nap on the side of the road and admitted to drinking alcohol before driving, Pol Maj Suriyan said.
Ms Patchuda was injured in the crash and admitted to Lanna Hospital in Muang district.
Police were alerted to the crash at 6.15am around kilometre marker No.8 on Highway 118 of the Chiang Mai-Chiang Rai road.
The cyclists said they split into three groups and started cycling before dawn.
A car travelling at high speed and swaying from side to side moved past the last group and hit the second group of five cyclists, Pongsak Polsing, 36, one of the injured cyclists said.
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