Police have filed four charges against a bus driver who fled the scene of a fire and failed to help students and teachers after arresting him at his wife's house in Ang Thong Province. During questioning, he claimed that he fled because he was shocked. Progress in the legal proceedings against Mr. Saman, 48 years old, the driver of the school bus for the Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam School in Uthai Thani Province, who had a fire accident in front of the National Monument near Zeer Rangsit on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Khu Khot Subdistrict, Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani Province, resulting in the deaths of 23 teachers and students and injuries to several others. The incident occurred at 12:00 noon yesterday (1 Oct.). After the incident, the driver fled to his wife's house in Ang Thong Province. He later turned himself in at Wiset Chai Chan Police Station in Ang Thong Province in the middle of last night. He was then taken in for questioning at Khu Khot Police Station, where Pol. Maj. Gen. Chayanon Meesati, D eputy Commander of Provincial Police Region 1, and the Commander of Pathum Thani Provincial Police, interrogated him. Mr. Saman stated that while driving behind each other, his car was the second car, driving at a speed of about 70-80 kilometers per hour. When he reached the scene of the accident, the car lost control, as if it had fallen into a pothole, the tire had burst or the air bag had burst, and the front wheel had pulled, causing it to swerve and hit the Benz. After that, the car scraped against the barrier. After the accident, he went to get a fire extinguisher to help spray water. After that, he became shocked and fled to his wife's house in Ang Thong. Initially, 4 serious charges were filed: driving recklessly or recklessly, which may cause danger to people or property, causing death to others, causing physical or mental harm to others, driving in a way that causes damage to others and failing to stop to provide assistance, failing to identify oneself and not reporting the incident to the authori ties, causing the death of another person, according to the Criminal Code Section 291 and the Land Traffic Act of 1979 Sections 43(4), 78, 157, 160, paragraph 2. As for the car owner, the relevant agencies will come to inspect the car again and consider the charges. Source: Thai News Agency
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