Politician wins election after crashing into elderly couple's pickup

Election win for Thai politician weeks after BMW crash sends 65-year-old man to ICU

BANGKOK, May 12 — A 28-year-old budding politician in Pathum Thani, a Thai province north of Bangkok, won the local municipal election yesterday, less than a month after being involved in a serious car crash that injured a couple in their 60s. Smitthiphat Leenawarat whose parents are both veteran politicians, faces multiple charges including reckless driving and assault from the April 16 incident when his brand new BMW sideswiped a pick-up truck…

Politician wins election after crashing into elderly couple's pickup

PATHUM THANI: Smitthiphat Leenawarat, son of a prominent Pathum Thani politician, and his team of candidates unofficially won a municipal election on Sunday night following a traffic incident in which he sideswiped the pickup truck of an elderly couple and injured them in the middle of last month.