Son of Red Bull executive arrested for alleged fatal hit-and-run against police

[News Bandit]

A son of Red Bull drinks executive Chalerm Yoowitthaya was arrested Monday for allegedly killing a patrol policeman in a hit-and-run accident.

 

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[stanger69]

Some little bastards get the wirld handed to them, and then crap all over it

[Daddee]

BANGKOK – A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, police said Monday.

Police took Vorayuth Yoovidhya, 27, for questioning after tracing oil streaks for several blocks to his family's gated estate in a wealthy neighborhood of the Thai capital.

He was facing charges of causing death by reckless driving and escaping an arrest by police but was released on a 500,000 baht ($15,900) bail.

Vorayuth admitted he drove the charcoal gray sports car but said the police officer's motorcycle abruptly cut in front of his vehicle, said police Maj. Gen. Anuchai Lekbamroong, the lead investigator in the case.

Bangkok's top police official, Lt. Gen. Comronwit Toopgrajank, said he took charge of the investigation after a lower-ranking policeman initially tried to cover up the crime by turning in a bogus suspect. Comronwit himself led a team of officers to search the compound of late Red Bull founder Chaleo Yoovidhaya, one of Thailand's wealthiest men before he passed away this year, and confiscated a Ferrari with a badly damaged front bumper and broken windshield.

The victim, Sgt. Maj. Wichean Glanprasert, 47, was killed during a motorcycle patrol before dawn. Thai media reported that the car dragged the officer and his motorcycle for several dozen meters (feet) as it sped through the residential neighborhood.

Comronwit said he suspended the police officer who attempted to subvert the investigation.

"A policeman is dead. I can't let this stand. If I let this case get away, I'd rather quit," he told reporters. "I don't care how powerful they are. If I can't get the actual man in this case, I will resign."

Vorayuth did not speak to the media but the family lawyer said the family will be take responsibility for the damages.

The Yoovidhaya family was ranked the 4th richest in Thailand this year by Forbes magazine, with a net worth of $5.4 billion. Red Bull creator Chaleo Yoovidhaya died in his 80s in March, leaving his heirs a wide range of businesses, including shares in the globally popular energy drink brand, hospitals and real estate.

The family also co-owns the sole authorized importer of Ferrari cars in Thailand.

 

 

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[LoveGun]

"the family will be take responsibility for the damages"

 

In other words they will pay everyone off and the kid will get off!

[BOP Farang]

"the family will be take responsibility for the damages"

 

In other words they will pay everyone off and the kid will get off!

 

Yes it looks like another suspended sentence being handed down

[chinalander]

 

The family also co-owns the sole authorized importer of Ferrari cars in Thailand.

 

 

Read more: http://www.foxnews.c...s#ixzz25Qxi8oia

 

The amount of effort they must have put in to maintain this position as sole importer it seems sadly ironic that it is a ferrari that is involved.

 

Would suspect the policeman's family will face a choice of heavy pay off and letting the story fade away or very little in compensation and the guy spending minimum time inside..

 

know where my money is going.

 

ps senior cop suspending the junior officer for daring to try to get the pay off himself..lmfao