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Hit-and-run suspect admits to running over tourist on Samui

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Hit-and-Run Suspect Admits to Running Over Tourist on Samui
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

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Still image of low quality security camera footage of a truck running over a tourist Saturday on Koh Samui. Source: Channel 3 / YouTube

SAMUI — A truck driver seen running over a foreign tourist and driving away from the scene surrendered to police Sunday on Koh Samui.

Sanong Songkul, 45, confessed to hitting the Israeli man with his pick-up truck on Saturday night, but defended his decision not to stop to help the wounded man because he was afraid crowds of onlookers might attack him, a police officer at a local station said.

The moment Sanong hit the tourist as he walking on the ring road was captured by a security camera and later posted on social media.

In the low-quality video, the pick-up truck appears to knock down the Israeli man and then drive over his head before speeding away from the scene.

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1447653921


-- Khaosod English 2015-11-16


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