Actress Anna Reese charged over fatal accident

Actress Anna Reese charged over fatal accident

Thai-English actress Anna Reese, 28, is interrogated by a Prawet police investigator after turning herself in to police to hear charges of reckless driving causing death and leaving an accident scene on Friday. (Photo by Kosol Nakachol)
Thai-English actress Anna Reese, 28, is interrogated by a Prawet police investigator after turning herself in to police to hear charges of reckless driving causing death and leaving an accident scene on Friday. (Photo by Kosol Nakachol)

Thai-English actress Anna Reese turned herself in to Prawet police at 1.30pm on Friday to hear charges of reckless driving causing death and fleeing the scene of an accident, following a crash early on Friday morning.

The 28-year-old actress-cum-model, whose real name is Anna Hambawaris, was driving a Mercedes-Benz sedan that collided with a parked police car on a road alongside the motorway in Prawet area about 3am on Friday, killing the policeman asleep inside it.

She said during a press interview that she had not been driving under the influence of alcohol, as some reports had suggested.

She said a motorcycle cut in front of her sedan while she was travelling at about 100 kph, causing her to lose control of the vehicle, which then ran into the parked police car.

Actress Anna Reese bursts into tears as she arrives at Prawet police station to hear charges. (Photo by Kosol Nakachol)

She immediately got out of her car to check on the other vehicle, and was shocked to see a dead man inside it.  She then contacted her relatives over the phone to tell them what had happened.

They rushed to the scene, found she injured her left arm, and drove her to their house. After her injury was treated she contacted police to surrender.

“I feel sorry for what happened and am willing to help the family of the victim.  Once the case has been finalised I want to go into meditation to calm my mind.

"I want to tell other motorists to take extra care... I want my case to serve as a reminder for other people,’’ she said tearfully.

After interrogation, the actress was taken to Sirindhorn Hospital for a medical examination.

Initial tests revealed no trace of illegal drugs in her body. Results of tests for alcohol in her blood would be known in seven days, police said.

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