A Pattaya curfew breaker who drunkenly attacked a gas station attendant surrendered to police.
Wichid Boonlon, 32, turned himself in to Pattaya Police Station May 18, admitting he was the man seen in the security camera video at a PTT station on Thepprasit Road about 2 a.m. Sunday.
He said he’d been drinking near the station and, while walking back to his car, asked attendant Pongsathorn Theppron for a cigarette. Some words were exchanged, probably about either the fact the man was out after curfew or that he was about to get behind the wheel of a car while stone-cold drunk.
On the way out, Wichid appeared to drive directly into a group of people and hit Pongsathorn, who was still on the ground when paramedics arrived. Wichid was later picked up as a curfew breaker at a nearby checkpoint, but officers there didn’t know about the vehicular assault.
When surrendering, Wichid claimed he did not intentionally try to hit Pongsthorn or anyone else. He also complained police were distorting the truth in not showing all of the video, which showed that Pongsathorn also was sitting around in the parking lot drinking.
 |
 |
 |
