Teen Arrested for Punching Woman Driver at Ladprao Intersection
A 19-year-old man was arrested at Phahon Yothin Police Station for assaulting a 27-year-old woman driver at Bangkok's Ladprao intersection. The suspect, riding a modified motorcycle, punched the woman in the face after a minor traffic dispute, causing severe bruising. He claimed he did not realize the driver was a woman and acted out of anger after she allegedly refused to stop following a collision.
Breaking: Police have arrested a 19-year-old man on a modified motorcycle who punched a 27-year-old woman driving a car at the Ladprao five-way intersection. The suspect claimed he would not have attacked if the driver had not provoked him and insisted he did not know the driver was a woman.
The incident occurred when the young man on a loud motorcycle became enraged after a minor collision with the woman's car. He jumped up and smashed the car's window, and despite the woman raising her hands in a wai gesture to apologize, he continued and punched her in the face, leaving her left eye bruised and swollen.
On October 23, 2026, at Phahon Yothin Police Station, investigators from Metropolitan Police Division 2 and the station's inquiry team took the suspect, Mr. Natthanon (alias "Leng"), age 19, into custody for questioning.
While being escorted to the interrogation room, reporters asked about his motive and whether he frequently behaved aggressively as alleged on social media. Leng replied, "Not often. If I don't encounter someone who provokes me, I wouldn't act like that." When asked what he was thinking to punch a woman so severely, he answered, "If I had known it was a woman, I wouldn't have done it."
Regarding the motive, Leng claimed the victim's car swerved and hit him first, but she refused to stop and talk. He followed on his motorcycle, trying to shout for her to stop, but she would not get out of the car, which made him furious. He admitted fault and expressed remorse after learning the victim was a woman.
Tonight, Phahon Yothin investigators will expedite questioning and consider pressing related charges. They have also scheduled an appointment for the victim and her lawyer to identify the suspect.
Young man on loud motorcycle loses temper at horn blast, smashes car window, refuses to stop despite wai apology, punches 27-year-old woman.
