This story is true and it was a pretty big deal in thailand a while back. The story is that it was raining and for whatever reason, the girl’s car started to skid out of control. It then bumped into the van and and killed 9 people. The big deal about this case is that, 1. She was underage and she’s not suppose to drive yet. 2. The picture that OP show was controversial and people got upset. 3. The 9 people that died were scientists, doctors, teachers, and phd grads. Pretty much a van full of smart people that could potentially do good for the country. 4. The girl is from a famous/rich family in Thailand (her brother is a famous actor and her family has many powerful connection.) 5. She didn’t even visit any of the funerals, her mom went around and did that, but she didn’t do it till like a month or so afterward. So pretty much just like any other case in Thailand where rich people are involved, this case pretty much got silenced. The girl didn’t get prison time and she just went on living her rich life despite of heavy protest from a whole bunch of people.
On the side note which I thought was funny, within a year after this incident, her brother, the actor, hit pedestrian with his car. His excuse was he was hurrying to get to the movie set. Though he came out and apologized and pay for all the medical expenses.
Source: I’m Thai. And I follow this case from the beginning.
Edit: read my other comment below about she is posting on her Facebook.
2nd edit: seems like people are interested, here’s a few more tidbit about the trial. So the verdict is that, she was sentence to 3 years in prison, but reduced to 2 years for cooperation. However, her sentence is putting on hold for 3 years. So what this means is that, within 3 years, if she violates the law again, she will be sentenced to that 2 years… But as of now, no prison for her. She can’t drive till 25 (doesn’t matter much in Thailand cause she can just easily hire a driver or drive the car herself and if she get caught, pay the cop 5-10$ and she’s free. And she can’t go out party at night … ( stupid )3rd edit: she is now a freshman in college… Here are some pictures in case anyone is interested…
I want you to get into a car accident and not act weird in the moments after. I crashed my car against a tree, and in the 5 minutes after I took off my shoes, cried standing against a tree, sat on the side of the road calmly, made jokes about the EMTs, called my mom, and then climbed back into the car to try to talk to my unconscious friend who was still trapped inside. You have so much adrenaline that you’re not thinking about anything and you’re just coasting through your actions and just doing things.
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