The family of Pol Lt Col Chatuporn Ngamsuwichakul and his wife Nuchanart at their funeral at Wat Tri Thotsathep in Bangkok on April 20. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)Auto-parts maker Somchai Wayrotepipat has agreed to pay 45 million baht in damages to the daughters and relatives of a police officer who was killed along with his wife in a head-on collision in Bangkok during the Songkran festival. Their two daughters, aged 15 and 12, would get 15 million baht each. The 57-year-old businessman also gave 5 million baht each to the childhood families of the couple and paid 1.5 million baht for the treatment of the couple's younger daughter who suffered brain haemorrhage in the crash. The Taling Chan Court rejected both charges and accepted three others: drink driving causing death, drink driving causing serious injuries and drink driving causing property damage.

Source: Bangkok Post May 24, 2019 09:22 UTC