Pattaya, Thailand-A 44-year-old Indian tourist drowned in a hotel swimming pool last night, June 13th, 2023.

 

The incident occurred at 8:30 PM at a popular hotel in South Pattaya. The name of the hotel was withheld by Pattaya police, however, pending a further investigation of the incident.

 

The victim, Mr. Vivek Kumar, 44, was identified by Pattaya police after informing those close to him of the incident. According to a witness, Mongkhon Wichasawat, 22, Mr. Kumar had been playing in the pool with an Indian female, whose name was withheld, when he suddenly sank to the bottom of the pool.

 

By Adam Judd

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/06/14/indian-tourist-drowns-in-pattaya-hotel-swimming-pool/

 

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Sink or swim.....He sank.

More to this perhaps ? Usually in a drowning, the person panics and flails away until they go under. 

 

They don't sink like a rock without any struggle

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Mr. Kumar had been playing in the pool with an Indian female, whose name was withheld, when he suddenly sank to the bottom of the pool.

Cramp ??

I understand the refractive properties of water but from the picture, which appears to show the 'deep' end, that doesn't look very deep at all and he was with company. I wonder if something is lost in translation here and there were other medical problems involved, rather than a drowning ?

31 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Cramp ??

Could be many things, other health events like a faint, stroke, heart, foot on his head. 

34 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Cramp ??

Yeah, in the whole body at the same time. Possible brain freeze, though. ???? Better guess might be a bad reaction of low quality sex-pills in combination with alcohol and a weak heart. 

Edited June 13, 20233 yr by Gottfrid

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Mr. Kumar had been playing in the pool with an Indian female,

I never knew this was a health hazard.  Does it apply to Thai females?

What do we learn from it?  - - >  Don't play with an Indian female in the pool. 

gold chain weighed him down

Pool depth?

2 hours ago, Harsh Jones said:

More to this perhaps ? Usually in a drowning, the person panics and flails away until they go under. 

 

They don't sink like a rock without any struggle

heart attack ...

1 hour ago, Gottfrid said:

Yeah, in the whole body at the same time. Possible brain freeze, though. ???? Better guess might be a bad reaction of low quality sex-pills in combination with alcohol and a weak heart. 

I did mean a very localised cramp due to the company he was frolicking with ...

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

I never knew this was a health hazard.  Does it apply to Thai females?

Only some  

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Yeah, in the whole body at the same time. Possible brain freeze, though. ???? Better guess might be a bad reaction of low quality sex-pills in combination with alcohol and a weak heart. 

Might of had a dodgy tikka..

22 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I did mean a very localised cramp due to the company he was frolicking with ...

Can you die of that? 

1 hour ago, roo860 said:

Pool depth?

does not matter people can drown in a puddle !!

5 minutes ago, blackshadow said:

does not matter people can drown in a puddle !!

The reason why I asked was it said he sunk to the bottom of the pool.

Not to the bottom of the puddle.

Kick in the nuts, sharp intake of breath/water......

It must be quite deep as they have a springboard at that end, 

We'd like to draw conclusions, show some sagacity (as usual) here, but the article is too dry...

So, dry rip my guy.

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Can you die of that? 

If the missus catches you... 

Check the pool lights electrics.

23 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

heart attack ...

Yeah. There has been an update. And it still points to that imo

 

Update

 

https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/25407-news-forum-indian-man-drowns-in-pattaya-pool-as-witnesses-mistake-struggle-for-play/

 

Initially, the woman and other onlookers believed that Kumar was joking around, as he had been diving and playing for some time. However, when he failed to resurface after about a minute, witnesses raised the alarm and called for security assistance.

 

1 hour ago, Harsh Jones said:

Yeah. There has been an update. And it still points to that imo

 

Update

 

https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/25407-news-forum-indian-man-drowns-in-pattaya-pool-as-witnesses-mistake-struggle-for-play/

 

Initially, the woman and other onlookers believed that Kumar was joking around, as he had been diving and playing for some time. However, when he failed to resurface after about a minute, witnesses raised the alarm and called for security assistance.

 

That and another report I saw say he was diving in, which brings another possibility into consideration. 

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Well if he had been playing in the water for some time....This says he was no stranger to swiming.....So he must have hit botton diving....Had a heart attack....Or was kept underwater.....