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Krating Daeng managing director Worrayuth Yoovidhya will soon be charged with drunken driving over the fatal hit-and-run in which a policeman was killed, police said Thursday.
Bloodalcohol tests showed Worrayuth was over the legal limit when the wreck occurred early Monday morning.
The driving-while-intoxicated offence will subject Worrayuth to a heavier sentence. He has already been charged with causing death through carelessness, which carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence and fine of Bt20,000. He now faces a minimum jail term of three years to 10 years and/or a maximum fine of Bt200,000, along with suspension of his driver's license for a lengthy period, said Pol Colonel Chumphol Phumphuang, chief of Thong Lor police station, which has jurisdiction over the high-profile case.
The Nation
