Bangkok Post – Drunk taxi driver kills policeman at charity event in Bangkok

A heavily intoxicated cab driver crashed his vehicle into a policeman overseeing a charity running event in Bang Khen district early Sunday morning. The officer later died at hospital.

Pol Sub Lt Assada Chamniansri, 54, a deputy traffic inspector from Bang Khen police station, was directing traffic on Phahol Yothin Road, outside the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) depot, at about 6am when he was hit by a green-yellow taxi with licence plate 1 Mor Kor 67 Bangkok.

First responders found him in critical condition and sent him to Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital, where he  succumbed to his injuries hours later.

The taxi driver was identified as Warabut Somsawang, 45. Subsequent testing revealed his…