Young Man Drowns in Canal After Deciding to Swim During Fishing Trip

[Georgealbert]

 

 

A young man who had been fishing with friends along a canal suddenly decided to take a swim, tragically drowning shortly after.

 

On October 6, police from Thanyaburi Police Station were notified of a drowning incident near a bridge over Khlong 9, in front of Tawanna Ville Village, Moo 1, Lam Phak Kut Subdistrict, Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani Province. Rescue workers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation and a team of divers arrived at the scene and conducted a search, watched by a large crowd of locals, locating the body of the deceased around 21:00 after a three-hour search.
 

The victim was later identified as Mr. Hein Pyae Tun, an 18-year-old Myanmar national who worked at a local factory in the Khlong 9 area.

 

 

According to Mr. Wasan Thongchuea, a volunteer with the Poh Teck Tung Foundation, the victim had gone fishing with two coworkers by the canal. At one point, he expressed a desire to swim and immediately jumped into the water. However, after reaching the middle of the canal, he was unable to swim back and tragically drowned. Local residents who witnessed the event immediately alerted the authorities, and a dive team was dispatched to the scene. After three hours of searching, the team recovered the body.

 

Police officers from Thanyaburi Police Station stated that they have documented the scene and will send the body for further examination at the Thammasat University Forensic Science Centre in Rangsit for an autopsy. The police will also contact the victim’s family and employer to arrange for the body to be released.

Picture from responders.

-- 2024-10-07

 

 

[Gottfrid]

4 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

Local residents who witnessed the event immediately alerted the authorities

So, here they watched and waited until the guy could not swim no more to call rescue, while a Chinese on a raft was reported for disturbance.

[newbee2022]

40 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

 

 

A young man who had been fishing with friends along a canal suddenly decided to take a swim, tragically drowning shortly after.

 

On October 6, police from Thanyaburi Police Station were notified of a drowning incident near a bridge over Khlong 9, in front of Tawanna Ville Village, Moo 1, Lam Phak Kut Subdistrict, Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani Province. Rescue workers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation and a team of divers arrived at the scene and conducted a search, watched by a large crowd of locals, locating the body of the deceased around 21:00 after a three-hour search.
 

The victim was later identified as Mr. Hein Pyae Tun, an 18-year-old Myanmar national who worked at a local factory in the Khlong 9 area.

 

 

 

According to Mr. Wasan Thongchuea, a volunteer with the Poh Teck Tung Foundation, the victim had gone fishing with two coworkers by the canal. At one point, he expressed a desire to swim and immediately jumped into the water. However, after reaching the middle of the canal, he was unable to swim back and tragically drowned. Local residents who witnessed the event immediately alerted the authorities, and a dive team was dispatched to the scene. After three hours of searching, the team recovered the body.

 

Police officers from Thanyaburi Police Station stated that they have documented the scene and will send the body for further examination at the Thammasat University Forensic Science Centre in Rangsit for an autopsy. The police will also contact the victim’s family and employer to arrange for the body to be released.

Picture from responders.

-- 2024-10-07

 

 

Maybe intoxicated