Callous disregard shown to officer hit by speeding car

The case of Red Bull heir Worrayuth Yoovidhya fits the same description.

Khun Worrayuth fled home to daddy and mommy, showing callous disregard whether his victim was alive or dead – even though he’d dragged the policeman 64.8 metres along the road. Because the Ferrari’s entire windshield was broken, its hood seriously dented and airbag deployed, and the cop was dragged a substantial distance, the police concluded that the car was speeding at about 200 kph. The driver would have known that an impact at that speed would have injured the victim very seriously, and further injury could easily have proven fatal – yet he was willing for that to happen. In short, the driver didn’t care what happened to the man he’d hit.

Also, the Yoovidhya household appeared to be non-cooperative, trying everything they could to prevent the police from identifying and arresting the culprit, including barring the cops from examining the Ferrari involved until the police had obtained a search warrant. The family also apparently had a family driver present himself as a red herring, to draw attention away from the killer.

The most appropriate charge here is second degree murder, defined as “a non-premeditated killing, resulting from an assault in which death of the victim was a distinct possibility” (Legal Dictionary). In this case, the weapon was the Ferrari.

The young man should be charged in accord with his acts, and let the court – not the prosecutor – decide about mitigating circumstances, if any.

Burin Kantabutra

Editor’s note: Minor edits for legal reasons.