Tourist killed after cliff fall - she bent down to get a fallen bottle and heavy backpack toppled her over

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Thai tourist died after falling 100 meters down a cliff in the Phu Reua area of Loei in Thailand's north east. 

 

When police and rescue services arrived locals had already tried to help Chutima, 33, utilizing a makeshift stretcher made from a hammock and bamboo poles. 

 

But the tourist had ruptured a lung and was dead on arrival at Phu Reua hospital. 

 

A friend of the victim said that she was taking pictures with some other people in their party on rocks before they were due to leave. 

 

They were in the area known as Phu Bak Dai cliff. 

 

She bent down to retrieve a fallen drinks bottle and due to the 10 kilogram weight of her backpack toppled over and fell down rocks 10 meters. 

 

Then she continued rolling down the ravine about 100 meters. 

 

Efforts to reach her took time and by the time she reached hospital she had already died. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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Poor girl, show some sympathy it could happen to anyone.

Maybe not a back over-balancing, but a trip in front of a car could be just as bad.

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Quite a few insensitive posts. Just a very unfortunate accident. Rip poor girl.

1 hour ago, UbonThani said:

Why carry 10kgs? Especially when you weigh 45kgs. You only need water and perhaps loo paper. Odd way to die but not smart.

How about she was carrying clean clothes, spare shoes/flipflops,  towel, water, perhaps food, chargers etc. in hindsight she would have been better off with the backpack beside her but that is what hindsight is all about.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Poor girl, show some sympathy it could happen to anyone.

Maybe not a back over-balancing, but a trip in front of a car could be just as bad.

I agree but this is TVF, mercy does not exist here...sadly.  This is nothing new, people are worse than hell here.

the water bottle fell out of the girls backpack, probably a sidepocket and she bent over to retrieve it and the backpack shifted surging forward which caused her to loose balance and as such toppling over. imo

 

Poor girl, very sad and young.

RIP.  never forgotten

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What an unfortunate thing to happen. How very very sad

1 hour ago, mickyr55 said:

Next time: think first, then act.

Something that is totally alien to Thais

I was wondering when this poor girls death would be attributed to the whole Thai race........& you didn't let us down micky55......

 

*** Looking at the Darwin awards for the last few (10) years (awards given to people who die through their own stupidity) it seems so well represented by Europeans & Americans.

21 minutes ago, mike787 said:

I agree but this is TVF, mercy does not exist here...sadly.  This is nothing new, people are worse than hell here.

So true - but not all - there are so good people too (me and you for a start) 

43 minutes ago, billd766 said:

How about she was carrying clean clothes, spare shoes/flipflops,  towel, water, perhaps food, chargers etc. in hindsight she would have been better off with the backpack beside her but that is what hindsight is all about.

Hindsight doesnt exist if you arent alive. Leave the heavy stuff in the car. Put the backpack down. Risking your life over a water bottle? Geez. Common sense is all you need.

14 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

I was wondering when this poor girls death would be attributed to the whole Thai race........& you didn't let us down micky55......

 

*** Looking at the Darwin awards for the last few (10) years (awards given to people who die through their own stupidity) it seems so well represented by Europeans & Americans.

I once went on a business team building activity that also involved abseiling down some cliffs.  The guy who was the 'leader' that day did some stupid things (I abseiled with friends in a club) and one of those things he did scared the **** out of the females - I gave him a piece of my mind.  His response was atrocious and very unprofessional - so I quit the activity and most of the group walked with me back to the bus and we waited til it finished. About 3 months later I had been promoted and took my new team (it was compulsory) for the same 'team building' exercise/camp.  When I got there I looked for the guy to try and sort out our differences.  I was told he was dead - he did the same thing I complained about and he fell and killed himself.  Some people are just stupid and arrogant - and in my experiences in life, there are far more white western males in the category than there are asians.

 

Very sad story.

My prayers are with the loving family members.

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24 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

I was wondering when this poor girls death would be attributed to the whole Thai race........& you didn't let us down micky55......

 

*** Looking at the Darwin awards for the last few (10) years (awards given to people who die through their own stupidity) it seems so well represented by Europeans & Americans.

almost every thread on this website contains some form of this garbage, a lot of them write this ignorance for likes lol morons..

the only one blessing was that she wasn't harness-carrying a child, instead of that backpack

2 hours ago, mickyr55 said:

Next time: think first, then act.

Something that is totally alien to Thais ????????

I don't think she gets another next time.

2 hours ago, mickyr55 said:

Next time: think first, then act.

Something that is totally alien to Thais ????????

What a silly comment.  Accidents happen all the time.  She wouldn't have even suffered a minor injury except she was unfortunate to be on the side of a cliff.  I'm sure you've done things in your life without thinking first. 

Tragic accident,poor young girl,sick of all the experts on here she should have done this,that and the other,sometimes we as human just react,obviously she did.nt think oh i i get the bottle the backpack will tip me over the edge. Look once in India i was hiking in the mountains just me and a beautful swedish girl,we came to a cliff but found away around,on top,we bathed in the small creek,which cascaded majestically over the cliff erosion from the water had formed a sort of lip of rock that protruded out,showing off i guess i scrambled to the edge of this and looked down probably 150 metres to see where the water landed this lip of rock may never have born a human before it could so easily of cracked,sending me to my doom,it was not until an hour later when we stopped and she burst into tears,i inquired why comforting her,she told me she was so scared the rock would crack it hit me then how stupid i had been,see often we act especially when younger without thinking of the potential dangers.

47 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

What a silly comment.  Accidents happen all the time.  She wouldn't have even suffered a minor injury except she was unfortunate to be on the side of a cliff.  I'm sure you've done things in your life without thinking first. 

It's easier than one might think to lose your balance carrying a heavy pack. Can happen to anyone under the right circumstances, even getting off a motorbike. It probably never happened to her before, so she lacked the previous experience to guide her and felt a false sense of confidence. Still, if she hadn't hit something that ruptured a lung, she might well have survived. Bad luck.

 

Sad story that deserves nothing but sympathy. "Ask not for whom the bell tolls" and all that. 

Happened to me before, didn't fall down a cliff, though. The thing is, until this happens to you once, it doesn't even cross your mind that this could happen because you've never experienced it before!

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

the water bottle fell out of the girls backpack, probably a sidepocket and she bent over to retrieve it and the backpack shifted surging forward which caused her to loose balance and as such toppling over. imo

 

Poor girl, very sad and young.

RIP.  never forgotten

Very unusual for me to agree with anything that you say Steven but credit where credit's due, you're 100% right on this one...

a good practice track, for testing restistance to vertigo

and its virtual effect on your perceived balance = Phu Tok

 - all 7 levels of it 

Perhaps she dropped the bottle trying to get a drink on a hot day and got dizzy retrieving it. One never knows how their day will end. Sad.

6 minutes ago, pdtokyo said:

but ... moderators ... you let post #2 stay up there? sad

It is not there now. No near as bad as the others though.

1 hour ago, pacovl46 said:

Happened to me before, didn't fall down a cliff, though. The thing is, until this happens to you once, it doesn't even cross your mind that this could happen because you've never experienced it before!

That is exactly right!

Thank you Ubon joe,some disgusting comments on here about the poor girl,hope you have warned them

i try, try, try to remind myself:  life is short, enjoy it.  relax.  this doesn't always work, but it's sad when someone's life is ended way too soon and it's tragic what her friends and family must endure.  

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