‘Do the right thing’ U.S. tells Thai-American woman who fled fatal hit-and-run scene to Bangkok

Law enforcement in the United States appealed to a Thai-American woman wanted for fleeing to Thailand after allegedly killing a student with her car to go to the U.S. embassy in Bangkok to turn herself in.

Michael Bouchard, the Michigan state sheriff who has initiated the process to extradite Tubtim “Sue” Howson, after she fled to Thailand two days after fatally hitting a university student with her car in the early hours of New Year’s Day, told reporters that she should “do the right thing.”

“Come back, go to the American Embassy in Thailand, do the right thing,” Bouchard said in a video published today. “You know things got worse because you left the country. You know extra charges were applied because you didn’t stop at the scene.”

Bouchard added that there was “still an opportunity to do the right thing.”

Thai police today said they…