Wednesday 11 March 2015

Man Drowns in East Pattaya Lake

Nongprue Police and a Unit of The Sawang Boriboon Rescue Foundation swung into action after reports that a body had been seen floating in a small lake nearby. At the scene in in Soi Tungklom Tanmun 27 in East Pattaya they found the body of Khun Mai who was discovered floating face-down in the lake and he is thought to have been dead for around 10 hours.

Khun Mai aged 51 had no marks on his body suggesting foul play and at this stage it is thought that due to some unknown medical condition Khun Mai had fallen into the water and drowned.

Khun Sai the 52 year old wife of the deceased looked on distraught as the body of her husband was brought to shore. Khun Sai explained that she had had a bad premonition of death the previous evening and begged her husband not to go fishing. He laughed it off. That was the last time she saw him alive.

The body of Khun Mai was transported to hospital for a full post mortem to be carried out before his body can be released to the family for funeral rites to be carried out.

Hit and Run Accident Kills Man Near Bira International Racing Circuit Pattaya

Around 8am Nongprue Police and a Unit of The Sawang Boriboon Dhamma Sathan Rescue Foundation to provide assistance were called a busy highway in their district where a body had been found at the side of the road.

On highway 36 in front of the Bira International Racing Circuit they found the body of a man aged somewhere between 45-50. He was laying in the grass in the central reserve of the highway.

The deceased did not carry any formal means of identification and appeared to have been dead for about 10 hours. The man had suffered severe traumatic injuries consistent with being hit by a vehicle travelling at high speed.

The body of the deceased was taken to hospital for a full post mortem to be carried out. The police are appealing for families in the area who may have a missing family member to contact them as soon as possible. Meanwhile auto repair shops across the region are being canvassed to see if any vehicles have turned up to have repairs carried out that may be consistent with a vehicle pedestrian accident.

East Pattaya Police Army Drug Checkpoints

Banglamung Police teamed up with a contingent of Royal Thai Army personnel to set up road checkpoints in the local Banglamung area. There was a simple but important aim to the operation - to identify and arrest drug users.

Manpower was split into two teams one team of Police officers, district officials and Army officers took up position with a traffic checkpoint in the middle of Soi Thai Udom which intersects with Soi Pho Thi Sarn. The second checkpoint was in the middle of Soi Nern Phlab Wan in front of Sawang Boriboon Wittaya school.

Suspicious looking teenagers were pulled over and summarily drug tested.

The checkpoint in Soi Nernplubwan came in first in the find a druggie competition and netted 27 teenagers who tested positive for banned substances. The checkpoint in Soi Thai Udom came in a close second with 25 teenagers failing the urine test.

All of the drug failures got a free ride to Banglamung police station where further testing awaited them and if proved still positive then they face a day in court.

Security Guard Dies of Heart Attack in East Pattaya

Nongprue Police and a Unit of The Sawang Boriboon Rescue Foundation were called to a house on MaiYaiLia Soi 25 in Nongprue to investigate reports of a man who had suffered fatal heart attack. At the house they came upon the body of 48 year old Khun Dawut laying face up just inside the doorway to the house and still dressed in his security guards uniform.

The police spoke with his wife Khun Somjit aged 42. She said that her husband had no medical problems and was a normal fit man although he was known to work hard and spent many hours at his job as a security guard.

This evening he had returned home from work. Shortly after he arrived a friend who is a motorcycle taxi driver Khun Buala aged 62 arrived to deliver a television. Khun Dawut helped his friend to carry the TV into the house at which point he suffered a seizure and fell to the ground. Moments later he stopped breathing and died.

The police took photographs as evidence before Khun Dawut was transported to hospital for a full post mortem to be carried before his body can be released to the family for funeral rites to be carried out.

Falling Electric Pylon Kills True Corporation Technician in Soi Kao Talo East Pattaya

Nongprue Police and a unit of The Sawang Boriboon Rescue Foundation were called to attend a fatal accident in Soi Kao Talo, East Pattaya.

At the scene outside The Siam Royal View Estate in Soi Kao Talo they found a concrete post carrying electrical cables that had fallen across the road. Trapped underneath the post was a Technician who works for The True Corporation. He had been crushed and trapped beneath the fallen post.

Khun Suppachai aged 38, who was working with his younger brother had been sent to the location to replace and move some fibre optic internet cables. Despite having received warnings that the post was in an unstable condition Khun Suppachai put up a wooden ladder and started to climb the post. The warnings proved accurate, the post fell over with Khun Suppachai falling backwards into the road and the post crushing his head and torso.

The post was eventually lifted and Khun Suppachai's body freed from the tangle of wires. His body was transported to hospital for a full post mortem to be carried out before his body can be released to relatives for funeral rites to be performed.

Police are investigating the incident further in conjunction with the Internet Company The True Corporation at this time.