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Phothisamphan Phitthayakhan School band leader shot
in road-rage incident
Boonlua Chatree
The well-known marching-band instructor from Phothisamphan
Phitthayakhan School was shot in the head and another person was injured in
a case of apparent road rage in Pattaya.
Saroj Bunmuang, 27, sustained a minor wound from a shotgun blast that blew
out the back window of his Ford Ranger pickup truck Aug. 18 at the
intersection of Soi Pothisan and Sukhumvit Road. Passenger Amita Kleaydaeng,
19, also sustained minor injuries from broken glass. They were treated and
released from Bangkok Hospital Pattaya.
Phanthira Shanasppapha, a computer teacher at the school, said Saroj, who
also is a music advisor to the Chonburi Provincial Administrative
Organization, was driving Amita, a school alumnus who now attends Laem
Chabang College of Technology, when they encountered a Honda sedan whose
driver was moving erratically.
Saroj blew his horn two or three times to warn the driver to be careful. The
middle-age driver, however, didn’t care for being honked at and raced
alongside Saroj, shouting abuse.
The car then dropped behind and the driver fired a shotgun shell at the
truck’s back window before speeding away.
Police are reviewing CCTV camera footage to try and identify the gunman.
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