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61-year-old man dead with his dog in a freak swimming pool electricity accident in Udon Thani


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Police on Friday night and into Saturday morning conducted their investigations at the house after the water pump was shut down and the dead man’s body and that of his beloved dog were removed from the swimming pool. It is understood that the man was electrocuted when an old water pump short-circuited and electrified the water in the family’s swimming pool.

 

by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor


Wife was shocked after she returned from Songkran celebrations in the late evening before nightfall to find her husband floating face down in the pool. She told police that the old water pump, which was still running, had been known to short circuit before as it appears the man and his dog were both electrocuted. 


A shocked Thai wife in Udon Thani told of her heartbreak and distress on Friday after she returned from Songkran celebrations to find her 61-year-old husband dead in the family swimming pool next to his beloved dog. Police are investigating the death which appear to have been caused by an old water pump used by the man for gardening that short-circuited and ended up electrifying the water in the pool which he had entered.


A Thai wife who returned from celebrating Songkran to her home on Friday found a shockingly harrowing scene as the evening faded into the night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/04/17/man-dead-in-udon-thani-swimming-pool-electricity-shock-with-dog/

 

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  On 4/17/2023 at 3:52 AM, webfact said:

A Thai wife who returned from celebrating Songkran to her home on Friday found a shockingly harrowing scene as the evening faded into the night.

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so the wife was out at Songkran celebrations without the hubby ....   hmmm ...

 

electrocution ... case closed

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Farang or thai  I would not go in the pool unless it was fixed and power turned off.Why was he in the pool anyway with a broken pump,getting fried in a pool not a nice way to go

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  On 4/17/2023 at 3:52 AM, webfact said:

Wife was shocked after she returned from Songkran celebrations in the late evening before nightfall to find her husband floating face down in the pool. She told police that the old water pump, which was still running, had been known to short circuit before as it appears the man and his dog were both electrocuted.

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Preventable... if you have the will to do it.

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  On 4/17/2023 at 4:38 AM, orchis said:
  On 4/17/2023 at 3:52 AM, webfact said:

the old water pump, which was still running, had been known to short circuit before

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that's not a freak accident, that is negligence.

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And idiocy. But just another example of Thai apathy. They knew there was a problem but did nothing, because doing nothing is easy. And then there was a price to be paid.

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Another thing I avoid here- all swimming pools, along with bike riding, cycles, car driving  crossing the road on a zebra, oh and eating street food.

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  On 4/17/2023 at 12:30 PM, redwood1 said:

Maybe the husband and the dog were insured.....She took them both out and went shopping..

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And maybe you have no idea what happened at all.

 

  On 4/18/2023 at 1:39 AM, redwood1 said:

What if the pump was pushed in?

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More stupid whataboutery

 

What if it wasn't?

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