Polish man falls to his death from 62-metre cell tower in Surat Thani

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by Petch Petpailin

 

Photo via Bright TV

A Polish man jumped to his death from a 62-metre cell tower in the southern province of Surat Thani on Friday.

 

Chaiya Police Station officers were notified that a foreign man climbed to the top of a mobile phone tower in the Chaiya district of Surat Thani on Friday, April 19.

When they arrived, they found a crowd of people gathered and the authorities from a nearby district office came to persuade the man to climb down.

 

Residents in the vicinity alerted the police to the presence of a foreign man exhibiting aggressive behaviour whilst wielding a wooden stick along the road. Subsequently, he trespassed onto residents’ properties, causing damage, before ascending the tower.

Prior to the police’s arrival, a rescue team tried for over 30 minutes to persuade the man to come down but had no success.

 

The individual was later observed atop the tower, devoid of a shirt, unmoved and unresponsive to both authorities and locals attempting to engage him in conversation. In an attempt to establish communication, an English language teacher was summoned to the scene but the man remained unresponsive.

 

After sitting at the top of the tower motionless for over two hours, the man suddenly jumped. He was pronounced dead at the scene and was later identified as a 49 year old Polish national.

 

The motive behind his decision to commit suicide has not yet been determined. Officers stated that they would contact his family to deliver the tragic news.

 

A similar incident was reported earlier this month when a Thai woman climbed a cell tower in Pattaya due to stress over financial problems. Fortunately, a rescue team was able to persuade the woman to return to the ground.

 

If you or anyone you know is in emotional distress, please contact the Samaritans of Thailand 24-hour hotline: 02 713 6791 (English), 02 713 6793 (Thai), or the Thai Mental Health Hotline at 1323 (Thai). Please also contact your friends or relatives at this time if you have feelings of loneliness, stress, or depression. Seek help.

 

by Petch Petpailin

Photo via Bright TV

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-04-22

 

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[ChaiyaTH]

My nickname is named after that city hehe, why do we get double posts, this was a topic yesterday already.

[VocalNeal]

20 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prior to the police’s arrival, a rescue team tried for over 30 minutes to persuade the man to come down but had no success.

 

Sounds like it worked just not in the way they wanted.

[RichardColeman]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The motive behind his decision to commit suicide has not yet been determined. Officers stated that they would contact his family to deliver the tragic news.

I would do the bloods on the autopsy first - telling someone their relative died from a depression suicide may well be different to saying he was so stoned he thought he could fly

[Sheryl]

An insensitive post has been removed. 

[Sheryl]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

I would do the bloods on the autopsy first - telling someone their relative died from a depression suicide may well be different to saying he was so stoned he thought he could fly

It takes a month or more to get toxicology results. They can hardly delay that long to notify family of the death. 

[Stargeezr]

In most countries it is illegal to climb any of these sort of towers.

  is Thailand different? Just wondering.

[cmjl]

44 minutes ago, Stargeezr said:

In most countries it is illegal to climb any of these sort of towers.

  is Thailand different? Just wondering.

When the mind is disturbed it won't matter if something is illegal,where there's a will someone will find a way

R.I.P

[SAFETY FIRST]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Polish man falls to his death from 62-metre cell tower

 

After sitting at the top of the tower motionless for over two hours, the man suddenly jumped.

The topic title should reads jumps not falls. 

 

[Dave0206]

16 hours ago, Stargeezr said:

In most countries it is illegal to climb any of these sort of towers.

  is Thailand different? Just wondering.

In the UK it is illegal to commit suicide but if you succeed charges are always dropped 

[balo]

Too young to die, what was his pain?   We will never know,  RIP.