The Mercedes-Benz driver involved in the fatal crash in Ayutthaya in which two people were killed is now facing eight criminal charges.
Deputy national police chief Gen. Pongsapat Pongcharoen submitted the police case report to a public prosecutor yesterday to file the eight charges against 37-year-old Jenphop Weeraporn.
In March, Jenphop, owner of a luxury car dealership, was reportedly driving at an estimated speed of over 200 kph when he crashed his Mercedes into another vehicle, killing two students, Kritsana Thaworn, 32, and Thanthapat Horsaeng, 34.
The charges against Jenphop are: reckless driving resulting in death and property damage; driving while impaired; driving under the influence of substances resulting in death; unsafe driving with disregard for others and speeding
The other three charges are: driving while under the influence of a psychotropic substance resulting in death; resisting a police alcohol test; and failing to obey a legal police order without justification, reported the Nation.
Jenphop has not been charged with premeditated murder, as requested by the victims’ families, because there was no evidence to suggest he intended to kill the two motorists, Pongsapat said.
Pongsapat said Jenphop had been notified of the charges but remained free on bail pending a court ruling for detention.
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