A municipal council head in Chanthaburi was killed when a young jailbird under the influence of drugs collapsed at the wheel and ploughed into his motorbike.
Nong Bua sub-district municipality president Chot Chanasit, 69, was killed when Parichart Taewnern, 26, fleeing what she feared was a nearby drugs bust, lost control of her Chevrolet on Sai Pansil-Nern Pho Road in Muang district on July 9, mounted the footpath and hit him.
Parichart, who police say has a long history of drug taking and is only recently out of jail, said she fell asleep at the wheel. Later she owned up to having taken drugs and fainting. She said she had been partying since the night before.
Chot was sitting astride his stationary motorcycle talking to…
