Suspected brick-thrower caught on camera

A passenger in the truck, Kasetsart University engineering student Jenjira Thongchai, 18, suffered a serious head injury in the incident, which occurred on the Khamphaeng Saen-Phanom Tuan Road.
After presiding over a police meeting about the case yesterday, Kanchanaburi police chief Klomsanti Klanbutra presented the bloodstained 2kg brick to the media, as well as footage recorded by Tambon Phra Thaen village headman Siang Sabchatuporn’s personal security camera. The footage showed a young motorcycle rider without a helmet passing the scene at the time of the crime.
Commenting on a possible motive, Klomsanti said it may have been a teenager’s reckless action but it could have been an attempted robbery, with the culprit intending to cause an accident and rob the driver but hitting the passenger instead. Police have contacted village headmen and kamnans in nearby areas urging them to look for the suspect, who could face a charge of attempted murder, he added.
Offering sympathy to the victim’s family, Provincial Police Region 7 chief Hanpol Nitwibul yesterday said he had assigned Pol Maj Gen Sutthipong Wongpin to help with the investigation and called for the speedy arrest of the suspect.
Meanwhile, the victim was transferred from Nakhon Pathom’s Sanam Chan Hospital to Bangkok’s Phra Mongkut Hospital yesterday. Her condition was described as stable following brain surgery. Sanam Chan Hospital director Dr Songchai Srirojanakul said the victim’s skull had been severely damaged but her eyesight had improved after surgery. He said she was recovering.