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Thai hit-and-run driver to be extradited to US

Tubtim Howson attends a briefing held by Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn in Bangkok on Friday, following her arrest earlier in Ratchaburi. She is being returned to the United States for trial over a hit-run near Detroit on Jan 1, in which a 22-year-old man was killed. (Police photo)

A 57-year-old Thai woman wanted for a fatal hit-and-run accident in the United States on Jan 1 has been arrested in Ratchaburi and will be extradited for trial, police said.

Tubtim Howson had returned to Thailand on Jan 5 and was staying in Chon Buri, said Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, deputy national police chief.

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