Five family members drowned in the Mun River in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Surin on Monday evening, after they reportedly went to collect sand for use in the construction of their house.

 

The victims include the head of the family, 45-year-old Viriya Kadcha, his 23-year-old daughter Nutcharin and her two daughters and one son, aged from 8 to 14.

 

Viriya’s wife, Bang-on, told the media that she and some family members conducted a search after the five did not return home to Ban Kok Klang in Chumphon Buri sub-district in the evening. They found a small farm truck, clothes and sandals on the river bank and alerted the village headman.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-12-12

 

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Tragic. RIP.

This is so tragic..  

 

I really would like to see Thailand (and other countries) taking an intelligent step forwards and taking measures to improve awareness of the prevalent dangers. It would be so easy to teach some safety basics on all schools...

- Water Safety

- Road Safety

- Electrical Safety

 

Tragic events such as this could be avoided if only people were aware of the risks they face - of course, that wouldnt stop every tragic event, but it would surely reduce the numbers would it not ?

 

 

Slightly off topic - but we don't go this far in the Western world either, we dabble in water Safety, the USA does fairly well with road safety (driver Ed).. but beyond that ?

Water, Roads and Electricity are all potentially life threatening and something that without doubt we encounter almost daily in our lives - why then from a young age are our children not taught safety ?... we are taught handwriting for flips sake, but not something that could save our lives that we will definitely encounter.... 

 

 

Off topic, I know. But is that accurate, a 23 year old with kids from 8-14 years old?

 

Or am I misreading?

2 hours ago, impulse said:

Off topic, I know. But is that accurate, a 23 year old with kids from 8-14 years old?

 

Or am I misreading?

 

Its right there....  

 

On 12/12/2023 at 7:34 AM, webfact said:

The victims include the head of the family, 45-year-old Viriya Kadcha, his 23-year-old daughter Nutcharin and her two daughters and one son, aged from 8 to 14.

 

21 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Its right there....  

 

 

 

Yup , 

22 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

his 23-year-old daughter Nutcharin and her two daughters and one son, aged from 8 to 14.

 

But still I'm as confused as Impulse .......? 23 -  14  =  9  ???

Quality journalism as usual.

 

The article in "The Nation": Wiriya Katchan, 45, along with his daughter Nucharin, 23, his nieces aged 14 and 11 and a nephew aged eight had left their house in Satuk district on Monday morning on a tractor to scoop up river sand for his home improvement project.