Picture from responders.

 

A 44-year-old man has died after falling from the third floor of a dormitory building in Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, while intoxicated.

 

At around 22:00 on 9 March, Lieutenant Setthachoke Wongamat, an investigator from Bang Kaeo Police Station, received a report of a fatal fall at a company dormitory belonging to Hong Thai Packaging Co., Ltd., located at 111/7 Moo 7, Soi Mahachai, Bang Phli Yai, Bang Phli District. 

 

Police officers, along with a medical examiner from Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital and rescue workers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation, were dispatched to the scene.

 

The incident occurred at a four-storey dormitory. The deceased, identified as Somsak Sophee, 44, from Sa Kaeo Province, was found lying on his back in a narrow alley beside the staircase. He was wearing black trousers, and initial examinations revealed severe injuries, including a broken right arm, a fractured neck, and a head wound with significant bleeding.

 

Police inspected his room on the fourth floor (Room 406) but found no signs of a struggle. His belongings remained undisturbed, and both the television and fan were still switched on.

 

According to Kasem Buachum, 56, who witnessed the incident, Mr Somsak had been drinking with friends outside the dormitory before heading back to his room on the fourth floor. As he attempted to descend to the ground floor, he lost his footing on the stairs at the third-floor landing and fell backwards, down the concrete stairwell, which had no railings to the ground level, suffering the fatal injuries.

 

Preliminary investigations suggest that the fall was accidental and caused by intoxication. The victim’s body has been sent for an autopsy at Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital to confirm the cause of death. Authorities will continue their inquiries to ensure no foul play was involved.

 

-- 2025-03-11

 

That´s called a sub-consensual suicide.

No railings.

 

Sub-par building code to blame, and overconsumption of rice liquor.