The recent spell of hot weather claimed the life of young Thai man in a quite unexpected way. Sriracha police and rescue workers were called on to attend an old gravel pit where it was reported that a man had dissapeared whilst swimming. At the scene they found a pond around 6 meters deep and covering about 10 rai of land.
Two truck had parked up near the pond to wash their trucks. It was a very hot day and they had decided to take arefreshing dip in the cool water. One of them looked over to see that his friend Khun Pairat aged 22 had dissapeared beneath the surface. He franticly searched but could not find him and called for help.
It took rescue divers 4 hours to locate the body of Khun Pairat. The deceased was transported to Leam Chabang Hospital for a forensic post mortem to be carried out before his body can be released to relatives for funeral rites to be carried out.
