UPDATE: Australian Man Faces Several Legal Charges After Road Rage Incident in Phuket

Wichit, Phuket –

An Australian driver is facing two legal charges after a road rage incident in which he destroyed a minivan’s side mirror in Wichit, Mueang Phuket.

Our previous story:

The minivan driver, Mr. Monnapan Makarapan, told the Phuket Express that he filed a report to the Chalong Police on Monday (May 29^th). He told police that there was a road rage incident with his minivan and a sedan whose driver was a male foreigner.

Now for the update:

The minivan driver Mr. Monnapan told police the sedan driven by a foreigner immediately swerved in front of his minivan and suddenly braked. The minivan driven by Mr. Monnapan almost collided with the sedan.

After that the minivan and the sedan stopped at a red light. Monnapan got out of his vehicle and walked to the sedan to ask the driver why he drove so carelessly but the sedan driver allegedly tried to crash into him.

Monnapan got back into his minivan and drove when the light turned green. The two drivers, however, continued to harass each other with Monnapan honking his horn continuously and then both vehicles stopped on the road side before the foreigner hit and smashed the minivan’s side mirror and then fled.

The Wichit Police Chief Colonel Chatree Chookaew told the Phuket Express on Tuesday (May 30^th) that the male foreigner in the video is identified as an Australian man (Police did not give his name and age). He was called to the police station but his Dubai-based friend who was with him during the incident fled out of fear of legal repercussions.

The Australian man is facing two charges which are damaging other people’s property and threatening others. The Australian man has requested bail and on May 31^st police will file the case to a district court.

The Australian man reportedly admitted that he was angry after the minivan driver honked his horn repeatedly while chasing after him. The Australian man also stated that the minivan driver was in his opinion the initial aggressor, having got out of his vehicle to confront the foreigner.

The bail request will be considered by the relevant Thai district court.

The original version of this article appeared on our sister website, The Phuket Express, owned by our parent company TPN media.

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