Taxi driver dies as he takes customers from Sattahip to Pattaya

BANG SARAE: -- A taxi driver died in the early hours of Tuesday as he was taking two customers to Pattaya from Sattahip District. Police and Rescue Workers were called to the front of a petrol station in Bang Sarae, just outside of Pattaya to investigate the sudden death of the driver. He was lying on the road next to his car with saliva and white foam coming from his mouth. Inside his trouser pocket, medication was found which is used to treat high blood pressure. The two shocked passengers in the car, Khun Ganigar aged 22 and Khun Nontayar aged 25 explained the driver, Khun Chen aged 53 reported feeling unwell and was coughing heavily inside the car. He decided to stop the car and vomited on the grass and then fell to the ground and began to convulse.

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-- Pattaya One 2011-12-06

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Lucky he didn't expire at the wheel!

Have a great re-birth Chen

Sounds unlikely to be related to blood pressure. RIP. It's kind of sad that these news stories on deaths seize on medications found to suggest cause of death.

Could have been much worse. Sad for his family and friends.