A SWISS MAN who jumped from the third floor of Phuket Airport last evening and was rushed to the hospital died this morning (Sep. 23) while the Meteorological Department warned the tourist island faces more torrential rain today after yesterday’s downpour led to Patong beach being heavily flooded, Phuket Times online news service said.
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BMA removes all Co2 fire extinguishers, temporarily halts fire drills
FOLLOWING the explosion of a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher during a drill at a secondary school in Bangkok killing a student yesterday (June 23), the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) today ordered the removal of these tanks that are mostly only kept at fire stations and differ from the dry chemical red fire extinguishers placed
Read moreProtester dies during rally for release of political detainees
ONE OF the protesters participating in Talufah activist group’s rally and submission of a new petition to the Criminal Court calling for the release of all political activists died during the activity, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Jan. 29). Mr. Anon Nampha, a human rights lawyer, said Uncle Phairoj, or Mr. Phairoj Chotisriphanporn, died
Read moreSwedish man dies in crash just 5 days after meeting Thai girlfriend
A ROMANCE between a Swedish man and a Thai woman that bloomed on social media for two years and culminated in their getting together in Thailand just five days ago ended in tragedy when he died in a motorcycle accident today (Jan. 28), TV Channel 7 said. At 2.30 p.m. Pol. Lt. Tharathip Wijarn,
Read moreNew Zealander dies in fall from Kanchanaburi train
A TOURIST from New Zealand slipped and fell from the train that had slowed down for passengers to take photos at Kanchanaburi’s Krasae Cave which was the camp of POWs in World War II, Naewna newspaper said today (Dec. 27). At 12.10 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Kiattisak Kerdchok, an investigator at Sai Yok police
Read moreStudent dies after computer keyboard explodes in classroom
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD male student died after a computer keyboard exploded at a school in Bang Bua Thong district of Nonthaburi province this afternoon (Sept. 15) just moments after he switched it on, Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Capt. Saiyont Thongta, duty officer at Bang Bua Thong police station, rushed to the school to investigate together
Read moreFrench woman biking in Ayutthaya dies after being hit by sedan
TWO women tourists, one French and the other American, were hit by a sedan while riding their bicycles across an intersection in Ayutthaya city last night (May 25) with the former dying in the hospital while the latter survived her injuries and the accident blamed on a confusion over the traffic light signals, Matichon
Read moreAustralian woman dies after plunging off cliff at Koh Samui waterfall
A YOUNG Australian woman who climbed high up Koh Samui’s Na Muang Waterfall 2 with two male friends fell off the cliff and later died with rescuers still trying to bring her body down from that high point, Sanook.com said this evening (May 14). At 3 p.m. today Koh Samui police station was notified that
Read moreNewborn suffocates while sleeping with young parents
TEENAGE parents of a 28-day-old newborn baby boy are heartbroken after he died of suffocation while sleeping with them last night, Sanook.com said today (Apr. 6). Pol. Col. Banjob Joysriket, duty officer at Wiset Chai Chan police station in Ang Thong province, got a call early in the morning from Wiset Chai Chan Hospital to
Read moreMan dies after ‘extreme orgasm’
A man has died from an “extreme orgasm” after passing out while he romped with a sex worker. The 35-year-old, named in a police report as Charles Majawa, lost consciousness after having sex with the woman. He died shortly after doing the deed – and a post-mortem has officially determined the cause of death as
Read moreFamily of five dies in Doi Inthanon accident
A SAD ACCIDENT occurred in Chiang Mai this afternoon (Nov.20) after a pickup truck carrying a family of five, the couple and their three daughters, overturned while coming down from the top of Thailand’s highest mountain Doi Inthanon, Sanook.com reported. The accident occurred at 12.50 p.m. when the Bangkok-registered black pickup truck flipped over on
Read moreUzbek tourist plunges to death at waterfall
A YOUNG UZBEK man who travelled from Phuket to Ranong province together with six Russian friends died today (Sept. 5) after falling off the second level of the Ngao waterfall, Khaosod newspaper reported. Mr. Chalit Sinrojthanakorn, head of Namtok Ngao National Park where the waterfall is located, said the five male and two female tourists
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