Thailand’s famed concern for the elderly took a further battering yesterday after an incident where a 93 year old Panat Nikom man fell off the back of a red song thaew.
The driver of the service sped off without waiting for the aged gentleman to fully alight.
He ended up in a heap on the tarmac. Thankfully a passing foundation rescue service came to help giving him first aid then taking him to hospital.
When interviewed, Bunchuay was in a state of shock in hospital. He said he had boarded the service in Bang Saen to go into Chonburi.
But mid-journey the driver had ordered the passengers off to get on another vehicle while the driver headed back to the rank at the seaside to get more passengers and make more money.
People at the scene who saw what happened said that the driver raced off without a care for the old man.
Now everyone concerned are appealing to the authorities to make him pay for what happened.
(Source: Sanook)