Thai Red Bull heir still at large a decade on from fatal Ferrari crash


This file frame grab from video footage taken on September 3, 2012 and received from Thai PBS via AFPTV on September 3, 2022 shows police inspecting the Ferrari car belonging to Red Bull heir Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya in Bangkok, after a hit-and-run case which resulted in the death of a police officer. A crashed Ferrari, a dead policeman and a fugitive heir to a multibillion-dollar fortune -- 10 years on, Thailand is no closer to resolving one of its most notorious hit-and-run cases. - AFP

BANGKOK, Sept 3, 2022 (AFP): A crashed Ferrari, a dead policeman and a fugitive heir to a multibillion-dollar fortune -- 10 years on, Thailand is no closer to resolving one of its most notorious hit-and-run cases.

Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, princeling of the Red Bull energy drink family, is accused of ploughing his sports car into police officer Wichean Glanprasert's motorbike in Bangkok's wealthiest neighbourhood a decade ago on Saturday.

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