He is the grandson of the multi-million dollar Red Bull founder, and also the one that will inherit the gigantic energy drink empire. He is also making a fortune as the co-owner of Thailand’s Ferrari importer, but all those does not make the 27-year-old Vorayuth Yoovidhya immune from the law as he was arrested for causing a death to a police officer after striking and dragging the cop with his new Ferrari FF.
The victim, Sgt. Maj. Wichean Glanprasert aged 47 was killed during a routine patrol before dawn on his motorcycle. It was reported that he collided with the FF and was dragged for quite a distance before coming to a stop down in a Bangkok street. But instead of pulling over and helping the injured police officer, Vorayuth then fled to his family’s mansion in one of the Bangkok’s wealthy neighborhood and acted as if nothing serious had happened.
To add up the drama into this situation, a police officer even tried to cover up the incident by turning in a bogus suspect. This saw Bangkok’s top police official, Lt. Gen. Comronwit Toopgrajank taking charge of the investigation himself and lead a team of officers to search the premises of the late Red Bull founder Chaleo Yoovidhya, where they had found and confiscated a gray Ferrari FF with a damaged front bumper and a smashed windshield.
“A policeman is dead. I can’t let this stand. If I let this case get away, I’d rather quit. I don’t care how powerful they are. If I can’t get the actual man in this case, I will resign”, said Comronwit.
Vorayuth did not deny in being the driver of the FF during the incident, but he claimed that he was suddenly cut-off by police officer’s motorcycle. He had yet spoken to the media, but the family lawyer said that the family will take responsibility for the damages caused. Vorayuth is facing charges of causing death by reckless driving and resisting arrest, but was just released on a 500,000 baht (RM 49,800) bail.
