Lao Man Dies After Lift Falls in Abandoned Pattaya Hotel

A 32 year old Lao man was killed after a lift car fell on him inside an abandoned hotel in Pattaya. Police, forensic officers and rescue workers were called to the former four-star property on Soi Yume after receiving a report that someone was trapped beneath a lift. The victim, identified as Kanthawisak Wongphuthon, was found in the flooded lift shaft with severe crushing injuries and a broken neck. Rescue teams used heavy equipment to raise the lift, which reportedly weighed at least 500 kilogrammes, and spent more than two hours recovering the body. Investigators are still examining how the fatal incident occurred, while police are also trying to locate a friend who was believed to have been living with the victim inside the abandoned building.