An intoxicated taxi driver was arrested yesterday on Sutthisan road after he crashed into a motorbike and then attacked a police officer.

A video, which went viral yesterday, shows taxi driver Preecha Ingwa, 50, punching a cop before a gang of motorcycle-taxi drivers, who had been observing the scene, seized him and pretty much saved the day.

Pol.Sen.Sgt.Maj. Chumphol Channilla, the officer in the video, said he was following the taxi because he suspected the driver was intoxicated, but the cabbie would not stop and tried to shake off the cop — until he crashed his taxi into a motorbike.

The motorbike was driven by a guy in a ski mask. He was seen in the video hitting the taxi driver after he was grabbed by the moto-taxi drivers.

Preecha failed an alcohol breath test. He was charged with drunk driving and was still being detained at Sutthisan Police Station as of this morning, Spring News reported.

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