Man found dead in smoke-filled pickup, wife believes depression led to suicide

Man found dead in smoke-filled pickup, wife believes depression led to suicide

By Eakkapop Thongtub

Police opened the pickup to find the cab thick with smoke. On the front passenger seat was a portable barbecue cooker with the charcoal in it still glowing. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: A 24-year-old man whose body was found in his pickup truck parked in front of his rented room in central Phuket last night (Nov 13) is believed to have committed suicide in s fit of depression.

Lt Col Phichit Phuphrommin of the Thalang Police was notified of the incident at 9:30pm.

Police together with Kusoldharm rescue workers arrived at the scene, on Soi Hua Tha in Moo 3, Tambon Thepkrasattri, to find the man’s body slumped in the driver’s seat of a white Phuket-registered Ford Ranger pickup truck parked in front of a complex of adjoined rented rooms.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/man-found-dead-in-smoke-filled-pickup-wife-believes-depression-led-to-suicide-73637.php#MztRF6RRe1xgTQ3i.99 

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