Russian teen electrocuted at public basketball court in Pattaya - faulty wiring to blame?

[BusyB]

''... as they speculated who might take responsibility for the incident.''

 

I'm sure there's a really long queue for that privilege ... /s

[Harveyboy]

7 hours ago, Elkski said:

What Thailand needs are a few 100 million USD successful lawsuits on a few cases like this.   

Rip young guy just got his wings. 

yes but who you going to sue Somchai earnin 300 baht a day ...the elite bosses wi have their backs covered..for sure .

do you know Who I Know..

[metisdead]

Some troll posts have been removed.

[BritScot]

7 hours ago, PJ71 said:

wow - that's not good.

 

tbh tho i'm surprised electrocutions are not more common here, the wiring is a joke.

They are.

[Mywayboy]

7 hours ago, worgeordie said:

How many times have you seen them using plastic bags for insulation,

on the ground in markets and elsewhere , another case of Thai maintenance ,

nothing will change until those that die or are injured receive proper compensation.

just another day in Thailand.....

 

rgards Wogordi

 

 

Have any of the socalled (Tradespeple) carried out ant sort of apprenticeship or similar under any type of supervision. 

They're a bunch of Cowboys.

[bkk6060]

Wow, tough luck.  Maybe he came here to safe Thailand to escape being one of Putin's soldiers. Only, to get himself dead.  Very sad.

[new2here]

8 hours ago, Elkski said:

What Thailand needs are a few 100 million USD successful lawsuits on a few cases like this.   

Rip young guy just got his wings. 

That is, in some small part, why there’s no real rush to fix things… IF/WHEN something happens, there’s commonly little “blow back” and the costs of whatever DOES happen, is comparatively small - to that of the costs to actually fix the issue 

 

I don’t think massive lawsuits is the solution mind you, but having a situation where there a very very low risk of real financial liability due to successful liability cases, is one contributing reason why a business may low prioritize these matters 

[Bangkok Barry]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Police said it looked like a short circuit after they identified faulty wiring with duct tape loose

Every person who has done any wiring work at my house has used duct tape, including a relative who claims to have gone to electrician college for three years and to have worked at large hotels in Bangkok. I've argued with my wife about it and demanded a proper job be done, but no-one here is going to tell anyone they need to do a job properly because it would cause loss of face. The only solution is DIY.

[gomangosteen]

Back to the young man who died - from Thairath News he'd been resident in Thailand since age of five years so I think we can ignore the 'avoiding Putin' claims.

Just a kid. Though a very tall one, 2.10m at age 19.

His younger brother Benjamin Sobolev, 16, was also present at the time of his brother's death

 

He was the second runner-up in the world in 2018-2019 for Flow Rider Global (surf simulator, as shown above).

He only took up basketball at age 17, and played for the Pattaya Basketball Club team and competed in some of Thailand's major 3x3 basketball tournaments, sweeping almost every championship.

 

 

 

[TKDfella]

Condolences to the young man's family.

Safety is a joke here as reflected in Thai driving, other electric issues, etc. 

[Boyn]

I dont think its lack of training its more a dont give a damn attitude ,any old bodge will do.

[Smokey and the Bandit]

2 hours ago, hellohello123 said:

I failed electronics in high school , but if someone is electrocuted and still in contact with the bit responsible, doesn't every one else who grabs him gets zapped as well?

If they were grounded, standing in water,  yes!

[Mad mick]

RIP. Very lucky people who helped did not receive electric shocks also Can be risky , pulling anyone away or off from electricity source metal or pipe whatever the current going right through them into someone else tyring help lucky not more casualty you think doing right thing its normal reactive moment ! Condolences to family 

Edited December 16, 2022 by Mad mick

[damo1967]

7 hours ago, realfunster said:

I'd like to think I have a sense of humour but this is just in poor taste mate....

 

If the picture is the actual wiring involved , then it looks like a complete amateur botch-job and was an accident waiting to happen.

RIP to the young man, whatever his nationality ! 

 

 

I also think in very poor taste!   You are correct.. a guy young has lost his life, and it should not matter what his nationality was...  I wonder if this keyboard warrior would have made that same comment if it was his young brother?   Most people on this forum are still just plain sad.

 

[arick]

It happens all the time last year the guy died looking for frogs in the night got to close to wiring around a well pump. 

[Banana7]

Hopefully, someone will be charged with negligence causing death, or dereliction of duty causing death and loses their job and spends some time in prison.

Also a healthy payment to the parents.

[flexomike]

9 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

From the picture. What's blue PVC water pipe got to do with electricity?

look at the bunch of wire above the pipe

[jak2002003]

9 hours ago, PJ71 said:

wow - that's not good.

 

tbh tho i'm surprised electrocutions are not more common here, the wiring is a joke.

I think it is common here.  Only reason this is in the news it its a farang that died.   A Thai friend of our was electrocuted and died a few months back from faulty wiring at his new shop. 

[jak2002003]

14 minutes ago, Banana7 said:

Hopefully, someone will be charged with negligence causing death, or dereliction of duty causing death and loses their job and spends some time in prison.

Also a healthy payment to the parents.

Yeah.... What do you think the probability of that happening is?  Maybe some grovelling and money to the poor kids family in lucky.  Doubt anyone will be held responsiable.  

[stuandjulie]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Russian Basketball Player Electrocuted In Pattaya
by TNR Staff

 

A YOUNG Russian basketball player was electrocuted to death at a community sports field in Pattaya last evening (Dec. 15) after touching a damaged light pole with other athletes revealing that there are electrical leaks at several other points too, Sanook.com said this morning.

 

At 10 p.m. Sawang Boriboon Thammasthan Foundaton’s Radio Centre received a report that someone had been seriously injured by an electric shock at Pattaya’s community sports field in Soi Sukhumvit Pattaya 15, and a team quickly went there.

 

At the scene they found Mr. Alexey Sobolev, 19, lying motionless and breathing heavily at the edge of a fence next to a light pole. They quickly gave him cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as some athletes watched and rushed him to the hospital but he later died there.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/12/16/russian-basketball-player-electrocuted-in-pattaya/

 

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First problem, if he was breathing he don't need cpr as his heart is still beating

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, hellohello123 said:

I failed electronics in high school , but if someone is electrocuted and still in contact with the bit responsible, doesn't every one else who grabs him gets zapped as well?

I am no expert electrician but surely "yes" !! Exactly what I thought when I read this in the OP:

 

"He was electrocuted. Friends pulled him off and called for rescue'"

 

[twizzian]

Masters of the PVC tape Bodge it and Scarper..

My second living room is completely wired without Earth cable. Useless, lazy & totally unskilled.

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Police said it looked like a short circuit

BS!

[Woof999]

Sad loss of life. RIP.

[Dart12]

Duct tape.  Main Power Line.  Outdoor area that is hit frequently with storms.

Tells me enough.

[soalbundy]

Not for him the dangers of Ukraine, come to Thailand, it's safe.

[SiSePuede419]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Police said it looked like a short circuit after they identified faulty wiring with duct tape loose in the immediate area of the incident. 

The low bidder. ????‍????

[billd766]

43 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

I am no expert electrician but surely "yes" !! Exactly what I thought when I read this in the OP:

 

"He was electrocuted. Friends pulled him off and called for rescue'"

 

The rescue teams should carry a 2 metre dry wooden pole with a hook at the end to pull people away from live wires.

[Hanuman2547]

A very sad day for this young man, his brother, girlfriend, and parents.  May he RIP.

[joecoolfrog]

10 hours ago, worgeordie said:

How many times have you seen them using plastic bags for insulation,

on the ground in markets and elsewhere , another case of Thai maintenance ,

nothing will change until those that die or are injured receive proper compensation.

just another day in Thailand.....

 

rgards Wogordi

 

 

Adequate compensation is only a part of the solution , what is really needed is a slew of manslaughter charges aimed at those responsible for these incidents.

That means the heads of departments not some 500 baht a day fall guy.

Will never happen though of course , corruption and lack of responsibility too heavily embedded into the national psyche.