Brit Taken Off Life Support After Pattaya Truck Fall

1 hour ago, Easterneye said:

If there was an argument and he’d been thrown out surely there should be police involved

The police are involved.

1 hour ago, Iron Tongue said:

. The average age of American soldiers was 19.

That's a myth that was nothing more than a line in a pop song. The average age of combat soldiers in the Vietnam war was 22 to 23.

43 minutes ago, Dont confuse me said:

f he was arguing this suggests one of two things, there was someone in the back of the pick up with him or he was leaning forward to look through the drivers side window?

If he was in the back, how could he look through the driver's window? And then fall out of the back.

54 minutes ago, Rinato said:

No investigations going on.

from the OP...

"...on the ongoing investigation".

Well that should stop the mounting hospital costs!

8 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Did he fall, or was he thrown?

Driver running away suggests thrown to me.

Doesn’t really matter now does it? RIP. Too young to depart early

19 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

That's a myth that was nothing more than a line in a pop song. The average age of combat soldiers in the Vietnam war was 22 to 23.

So what does that have to do with this young man? Zero imo

24 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

No, that is not "it" as the report clearly stated..

"...on the ongoing investigation"

No, as the report clearly stated "... Authorities have released no update on the ongoing investigation...".

Over a week and still no word on the circumstances surrounding this incident. In fairness to the authorities, no update suggests that might really be it!

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Apparently jumped out of the rear of a moving pickup during an argument while it was turning a corner and managed to get run over by the same pickup.

Turning off is for the best if brain damage which is likely

had a friend injured where her brain got twisted like front to back , the stepfather begged the family to turn hr off , I told him to give her more time which I copped an ear full for saying, a month later she startid catching ballonns now a few years later she is about 98 % normal you would never know.

Drs said she would be a vegetable

9 minutes ago, Jim Waldron said:

49 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

No, that is not "it" as the report clearly stated..

"...on the ongoing investigation"

No, as the report clearly stated "... Authorities have released no update on the ongoing investigation

The reference to an ongoing investigation suggests nothing other than there is an ongoing investigation! That there may have been no updates does not mean that there is no ongoing investigation

16 minutes ago, Bigwave12 said:

34 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

That's a myth that was nothing more than a line in a pop song. The average age of combat soldiers in the Vietnam war was 22 to 23.

So what does that have to do with this young man? Zero imo

You might understand the relevance if you bothered to read the post to which my comment was a response.

12 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

Drs said she would be a vegetable

I very much doubt that any doctor would ever say that to a family.

21 minutes ago, Jim Waldron said:

Over a week and still no word on the circumstances surrounding this incident

Well, no word from Asean Now - that does not mean that the investigation is not progressing.

My apologies if this has been answered before. I'm back in China where no AN videos and almost no AN images get through.

Was it a private pickup, or a baht bus? Reporters "back home" may not understand the distinction...

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"As correctly pointet outin previous posts, the family needs to get a second and third opinion before pulling the plug"

Why? Is there something sub-par about the doctor's/hospital that are treating him at the moment?

difficult to say as there is no mention of which hospital is treating him

2 hours ago, wil iam not said:

If he was in the back, how could he look through the driver's window? And then fall out of the back.

Just guessing here, but you hold on to something with your left hand, sit on the right side wall of the pick up truck bed, lean your body out and forward so that your head approaches the driver side window.

If your left hand slips and loses its grip, all your upper body weight is to the outside of the pick up truck side wall and you do a header into the road. Make some kind of twist and your head goes under the rear wheel.

The above seems to be the most rational explanation to me. Doesn’t have to have been arguing with the driver, could have been giving directions, talking, whatever.

The same would be true of the passenger side if he was trying to communicate with someone in the passenger seat. Just would be holding on with his right hand.

8 hours ago, FlorC said:

Wouldn't it be better to have a trusted UK doctor come to check him out,

before pulling the plug ?

Sorry , but I do not have much faith in Thai doctors/hospitals , especially in life or death decisions.

i have just as much faith in Thai doctors as I have in UK doctors but I do find the Thai doctors speak better English than many of their UK counterparts Aren't the UK doctors currently or about to go on strike ...again ?

And remember the NHS paid out £3.1 billion in negligence compensation in 2024-2025 and that is just the cases they lost, how many more did they manage to cover up? how many more went unreported?

4 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Just guessing here, but you hold on to something with your left hand, sit on the right side wall of the pick up truck bed, lean your body out and forward so that your head approaches the driver side window.

If your left hand slips and loses its grip, all your upper body weight is to the outside of the pick up truck side wall and you do a header into the road. Make some kind of twist and your head goes under the rear wheel.

The above seems to be the most rational explanation to me. Doesn’t have to have been arguing with the driver, could have been giving directions, talking, whatever.

The same would be true of the passenger side if he was trying to communicate with someone in the passenger seat. Just would be holding on with his right hand.

unlikely , by the time the head hit the road the wheel would have passed him and I really can't imagine "some sort of twist" that would result in being run over like that

Just now, Bday Prang said:

unlikely , by the time the head hit the road the wheel would have passed him and I really can't imagine "some sort of twist" that would result in being run over like that

OK, what's your explanation please?

1 minute ago, wil iam not said:

OK, what's your explanation please?

Ok, please explain why explanations need explaining today?

2 minutes ago, wil iam not said:

OK, what's your explanation please?

I thought I had already posted my theory ,I must have forgotten to click "send" anyway in my opinion the only way he could end up under the back wheels of the pick up he fell from ( if thats what happened ) is if it was reversing at the time or deliberately reversed over him once he fell or jumped or was pushed off

8 hours ago, NemoH said:

No need UK doctor - maybe a closer to home and cheaper option - HK or SG or a doctor from Bumugrad or Samtivej doctor nearby for a second opinion.

HK or SG is way more expensive than Thailand for med. treatment. Bumrungrad will surely take over but have the parents got the cash for the downpayment?

My heart goes out to his parents and family who have to live the loss and the tragic decision they have made.. Since there are differences of opinion as to how he fell and was run over I think it is highly unlikely that there will be any further investigation. RIP Ethan.

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

unlikely , by the time the head hit the road the wheel would have passed him and I really can't imagine "some sort of twist" that would result in being run over like that

If the left or right hand, depending on which side of the truck, desperately tried to hold on, I could see him potentially getting flipped so that he went down head first, which might well cause his head to hit the ground before the rear wheels passed.

Don’t forget, his legs would be inside the truck bed and travelling with the truck, it’s his upper body that is out and heading down.

But I’m not an aerodynamic engineer, so as I said, I’m guessing. It seems plausible to me.

CCTV is required for a definitive answer.

What was he doing on the back of a pickup truck? I cannot think of a single good reason, and many many possible bad ones, especially if he's young and broke. (plenty of news reports about young British drug mules getting caught in various airports)

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

I thought I had already posted my theory ,I must have forgotten to click "send" anyway in my opinion the only way he could end up under the back wheels of the pick up he fell from ( if thats what happened ) is if it was reversing at the time or deliberately reversed over him once he fell or jumped or was pushed off

The thing is, he wouldn’t be “flying” through the air and therefore be passed by the truck. Legs inside the bed moving with the truck, upper body dangling down close to the cab, legs slip out, head is already level with the wheel, under he goes.

Your three are also possibilities although witnesses make no mention of the truck reversing. Which weakens the argument I think.

3 minutes ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

What was he doing on the back of a pickup truck? I cannot think of a single good reason, and many many possible bad ones, especially if he's young and broke. (plenty of news reports about young British drug mules getting caught in various airports)

Maybe I am dense, but I am failing to see the correlation between falling from the back of a pick up truck and Drug mules at airports.

The usual reason for riding in the back of a pick up truck is because the cab is full with other people. There is no mention in the report as to how many people were inside the truck.

38 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

The usual reason for riding in the back of a pick up truck is because the cab is full with other people. There is no mention in the report as to how many people were inside the truck.

Why would a tourist, having been in Pattaya only a few days, be riding in the back of a pickup truck full of local people?

5 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Would be a good name for a bar in Pattaya ?

That's what I call most bars in Pattaya - different reasons...

Backnon topic - a tragic loss for a family but seemingly a sensible decision given the reports.

No need to pay $150,000 for a body return - cremate & take the ashes - have a ceremony in the UK... I don't think it's harsh to advise that even if religious beliefs suggests an alternative preference - logic & sensible costs must surely prevail.

As to what happend... Impossible to really say unless there is CCTV or any video information - but it's important to find out for sure - just in case the was nefarious behaviour at play.

2 minutes ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Why would a tourist, having been in Pattaya only a few days, be riding in the back of a pickup truck full of local people?

Well, who said anyone in the truck was a local? By which I guess you mean a Thai person rather than a farang resident in Thailand.

I also wonder why you think he had only been in Thailand for a few days? It’s not clear how long he had been in Thailand, but the inference is that it was for more than a few days.

“He spent part of the trip travelling with his cousin before visiting Pattaya alone for a few days.”

Quite obviously I don’t know the answer why he was in that pick up truck. I can speculate that a 20 year old comes to Thailand , he and his cousin go to bars, make new found “friends” good, bad, who knows. Then he’s in Pattaya, maybe with those friends, or other people he met in Pattaya bars, they decide to go around town one day, but not enough seats for all and one goes in the back.

Pure speculation. But also plausible to me and I would even say normal. Riding in the back of a pick up truck is something I see every day