Prosecutor declines to charge teacher in student car accident

Khaosod•Society•15m ago

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Lamphun Provincial Attorney's Office issued an order not to prosecute a teacher after a car accident left a student with a broken ankle.

•A teacher hit a male student with a car inside a school in Li District, Lamphun Province, on June 11.
•The student suffered a deformed broken ankle.
•The Lamphun Provincial Attorney's Office ruled the incident as force majeure and decided not to prosecute the teacher for negligence.
•The student's father posted the incident on social media to seek justice after settlement negotiations failed.

•On June 11, a teacher drove a car and hit a male student inside a school in Li District, Lamphun Province.
•CCTV footage showed the student jumping over a ditch and crossing a lawn, entering the road abruptly where bushes obstructed the teacher's view.
•The student sustained a deformed broken ankle and was immediately taken to a hospital by the teacher.
•The school mediated a verbal agreement where the teacher would provide approximately 100,000 Baht in assistance and care until recovery.
•Negotiations failed after the teacher requested to move the meeting to Li Police Station and reduce the assistance amount to 50,000 Baht.
•The Lamphun Provincial Attorney's Office ordered no prosecution for causing serious injury through negligence, citing the event as force majeure due to the student running out from a blind spot.
•The student's father claimed the teacher should have seen the student and reduced speed, as the student was taller than the bushes.

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Lamphun Provincial Attorney's Office(สำนักงานอัยการจังหวัดลำพูน)

The agency that ordered not to prosecute the teacher, citing the accident as force majeure.

Li Police Station(สภ.ลี้)

The location where the teacher requested to change the settlement meeting.

Li District, Lamphun Province(อ.ลี้ จ.ลำพูน)

The location where the school and the accident are situated.

A Chiang Mai

The Facebook user who shared the clip of the accident.

Reader Briefing

Lamphun Provincial Attorney's Office issued an order not to prosecute a teacher after a car accident left a student with a broken ankle.

•A teacher hit a male student with a car inside a school in Li District, Lamphun Province, on June 11.

•The student suffered a deformed broken ankle.

•The Lamphun Provincial Attorney's Office ruled the incident as force majeure and decided not to prosecute the teacher for negligence.

•The student's father posted the incident on social media to seek justice after settlement negotiations failed.

•On June 11, a teacher drove a car and hit a male student inside a school in Li District, Lamphun Province.
•CCTV footage showed the student jumping over a ditch and crossing a lawn, entering the road abruptly where bushes obstructed the teacher's view.
•The student sustained a deformed broken ankle and was immediately taken to a hospital by the teacher.
•The school mediated a verbal agreement where the teacher would provide approximately 100,000 Baht in assistance and care until recovery.
•Negotiations failed after the teacher requested to move the meeting to Li Police Station and reduce the assistance amount to 50,000 Baht.
•The Lamphun Provincial Attorney's Office ordered no prosecution for causing serious injury through negligence, citing the event as force majeure due to the student running out from a blind spot.
•The student's father claimed the teacher should have seen the student and reduced speed, as the student was taller than the bushes.

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