So sad to hear this news. 
R.I.P

11 hours ago, rbkk said:

I wonder if he had any medical insurance to pay for his medical bills whilst in a foreign county?

There is a healthcare surcharge on most visas to the UK including student which was probably the case.

Tourist visas are at their own expense.

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Head injury has been mentioned but not 'suspicious'... a collision of heads playing football perhaps. 

Concussion?

12 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

You just did mention it 

Ha! Yes, but he did so in it's correct context...NONSENSE. 

God bless you son.

14 hours ago, proton said:

Tragic, hopefully nobody will start mentioning that karma nonsense.

What "karma nonsense?"

This was an innocent kid who didn't live long-enough to build-up any karmic burdens if you want to believe in it.  

 

People say "Karma" when something bad happens to a bad person.

Very sad to hear of his passing.  May he RIP.

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It is stated he suffered head trauma from a fall.

 

it is not unusual for people with head trauma to seem fine and later be found unresponsive. Happens due to slow brain bleeds.

19 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

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It is stated he suffered head trauma from a fall.

 

it is not unusual for people with head trauma to seem fine and later be found unresponsive. Happens due to slow brain bleeds.

We should all await the post mortem results

I don't really get the reporting on this one. A teenager dies from an unexplained head injury, and it's not being treated as a suspicious death? Why not?

 

RIP in any case, this is saddening news no matter what happened. 

47 minutes ago, Caldera said:

I don't really get the reporting on this one. A teenager dies from an unexplained head injury, and it's not being treated as a suspicious death? Why not?

Why? Was there a bargirl, wife w/ Thai lover, or ladyboy involved? Safe robbed? Balcony "push?" CSI: ANF needn't bring its impressive investigatory expertise to bear in this case, I think. When it's in the UK, we have absolute faith in the UK authorities and medical facilities.

5 hours ago, Dazkkk said:

So sad to hear this news. 
R.I.P

Yes. Very sad and tragically ironic. RIP.

49 minutes ago, Caldera said:

I don't really get the reporting on this one. A teenager dies from an unexplained head injury, and it's not being treated as a suspicious death? Why not?

 

RIP in any case, this is saddening news no matter what happened. 

No one has said he died of an "unexplained head injury". If they know he had a head injury (which is not certain, that part is coming from anecdotal reports within Thailand) then they would surely know the cause.

 

What is known is that the Leicestershire police say  death was not suspicious

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6 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

What is known is that the Leicestershire police say  death was not suspicious

Yes, and I question their judgment, as it seems premature to me. They should be open to all possibilities until more is known. 

17 hours ago, proton said:

Tragic, hopefully nobody will start mentioning that karma nonsense.

Which you just did, thank you very much. 

16 minutes ago, Caldera said:

Yes, and I question their judgment, as it seems premature to me. They should be open to all possibilities until more is known. 

Presumably they already know more.

 

No reason to think the scanty info in the media is the sum total of what is known by the police at this time.

R.I.P

Thai cave rescue: Duangpetch Promthep's death shatters happiest of endings

 

A quick personal reflection on the tragic death of Dom, a really nice kid, like all the boys rescued from the cave.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64658731

5 hours ago, Iron Tongue said:

What "karma nonsense?"

This was an innocent kid who didn't live long-enough to build-up any karmic burdens if you want to believe in it.  

 

People say "Karma" when something bad happens to a bad person.

Karma does not exist but has become a popular excuse for anything in recent years. It is nothing more than a myth to make people feel better about the injustice and randomness of bad luck, undeserved illness, death and tragedy. 

24 minutes ago, proton said:

It is nothing more than a myth

just like god, the virgin he messed with and his illegitimate son?  ???? 

3 hours ago, Caldera said:

I don't really get the reporting on this one. A teenager dies from an unexplained head injury, and it's not being treated as a suspicious death? Why not?

 

RIP in any case, this is saddening news no matter what happened. 

Why, because it has nothing to do with you.