The owner of a 32-million-baht Rolls-Royce has denied reports she agreed to let off the pickup driver who rear-ended her car, causing damage estimated at one million baht.
She is seeking compensation.
Sun Yuhan, 38, a Chinese woman, was driving when her Rolls-Royce was rear-ended on Highway 7 in Chachoengsao on Sunday afternoon by an Isuzu pickup truck. There were no injuries in the accident.
Her lawyer said his client owned restaurants in Bangkok and Pattaya. She was driving the car alone to Bangkok when the accident occurred.
Both vehicles parked after the accident. She attempted to talk with the pickup truck driver.
"As she can't speak Thai, she gestured with her hands for him to meet her later at the garage she was heading to," the lawyer said.
"Due to miscommunication, the other side did not show up. She denies reports that she was not bothered by the accident," the lawyer said.
He said the Rolls-Royce was covered by first-class insurance. However, the Chinese woman stood firm in saying she was not at fault, so she filed a complaint with police and asked that they call in the pickup truck driver and charge him.
She denied reports that she had braked abruptly before the accident. The damage to the rear of her car was estimated at slightly over one million baht.
Police said the pickup driver did not attempt to flee and would report to police as ordered. Police would examine surveillance camera footage from the highway.
The driver of the Isuzu pickup was identified only as Pongthep, aged 23. The man was quoted as saying that he and the woman talked through a translation app, and that he understood her to say she was not bothered by the accident.
