PHOTO: Naewna

 

A 17-year-old girl tragically passed away after she went in search of clams in a small drainage pipe and suffocated.

 

The incident happened at 2 PM yesterday, April 16th, near 36 Road in the Thap Ma sub-district of Mueang district, Rayong province. Local rescuers rushed to the scene after a woman called to say that her daughter had crawled into a drainage pipe to look for clams and got stuck.

 

The mother, 37-year-old Mrs. Chandra, who goes by only one name and is a Cambodian worker, met with the rescuers at the scene and said her daughter did not emerge from the drain pipe during a fourth run to collect clams. The teen, whose name was withheld due to her age, had been collecting clams from the drain system all morning and had nearly filled an entire bucket’s worth already, but wanted to make one last run before returning home.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/04/17/17-year-old-girl-suffocates-and-dies-in-drainage-pipe-while-collecting-clams-in-rayong/

 

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How absolutely tragic, too sad for words; poor wee lassie, and totally devastating for her family .. RIP young lady.

That's just tragic.  RIP  ????

Maybe overcome by carbon monoxide or some other gas. Easy to build up in confined spaces.

 

RIP

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22 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Maybe overcome by carbon monoxide or some other gas. Easy to build up in confined spaces.

RIP

CO - only after combustion.

H2S from organic decay would be a greater risk in a low lying confined environment. 

But... Asphyxiation from lack of oxygen is the most likely cause, especially if the pipe was low lying (probable), and there is no little airflow through the confined space.

 

 

 

Poor girl - all she was doing was working hard for her family. 

 

 

9 hours ago, phetphet said:

Maybe overcome by carbon monoxide or some other gas. Easy to build up in confined spaces.

 

RIP

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Carbon monoxide is a burnt gas.

More like a mixture of foul air or rotting vegetation, plus a lack of natural air to breathe properly.

After three runs she had already starved her system of oxygen.

Tragic.

Working under dangerous conditions to find food and things to sell

R.I.P. Sweetheart.

Absolutely heartbreaking my condolences to her family poor girl just trying to help her family tragic