Our driver met with a tragic accident last week, he was driving the company car when an illegal three-wheeler motorbike swerved out into his lane and the driver could not stop in time and hit him.
The driver did not flee the scene and in fact called for medical assistance immediately. Unfortunately the guy driving the illegal three-wheeler is REALLY old so he did not survive his head injuries.
The poor driver is in such a state of shock at having killed someone in an accident and is willing to bear full responsibility. The family of the victim claims that they have no money for the funeral so the driver put in his money and all of us at the hotel chipped in our own money as donations to help with the funeral.
It would have been the end of it all as all parties have settled the dispute (for lack of a better word), until the victim’s son’s second wife decided to be clever and take advantage of the situation. The second wife works at another hotel chain and thinks we are big corporations with bottomless pits for money. She has stopped the police from closing the file and has now asked for half a million in compensation, promising 200,000 baht to the police who files it for her.
Now I want to know what the police is going to do with the temptation of 200,000 baht. Witnesses have said that the three-wheeler strayed into the path of the car, though this was not officially recorded as the family didn’t initially want to press charges. And EVERYONE knows that three-wheelers are illegal vehicles, with the side-car attached on illegally. There is no law in the world that would protect a vehicle that has been illegally modified.
Just waiting to see what the police will do.
And I absolutely detest people who try to make money off someone else’s death.
