a 23-year-old former college student, Nattapong Raksapong, was sentenced to death

a 23-year-old former college student, Nattapong Raksapong, was sentenced to death by a court in northeastern Thailand on several charges related to a 2004 drunk driving rampage in which four people were killed, four injured and five vehicles damaged. "This is a historic verdict and should set a precedent in cases of drunken drivers who kill innocent people on the roads," said Surasit Silapangam of the Don't Drink and Drive Foundation. While intoxicated, Nattapong first struck a motorcycle, sped away and then crashed into two other motorcycles while driving a six-wheel truck in the northeastern province of Mahasarakham. He tried to flee but crashed into a truck.