British Man falls from balcony of 2nd floor Pattaya Nightclub

[Rimmer]

British Man falls from balcony of 2nd floor Pattaya Nightclub

PATTAYA:--Just before 5.30am on Saturday Police and rescue services were called to Walking Street in South Pattaya to investigate reports of a British Man who had fallen from a balcony of a Nightclub.

The incident occurred at the Play Party Club located opposite the Marine Discotheque on Walking Street and resulted in serious injuries sustained to Mr. Stephen Paul Truscott aged 25 who was in an unconscious state before being rushed to Hospital. Visible injuries to his head were seen and Mr. Truscott sustained a split lip.

It was known that Mr. Truscott was drinking inside the Nightclub prior to the incident and appeared to be alone and in a heavily intoxicated state.
Full story:http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/100176/british-man-falls-balcony-2nd-floor-pattaya-nightclub/

-- Pattaya One 2013-08-24

[somtampet]

5am in the morning????

needs a police raid methinks

[Calach]

And he hadn't even been ruined by his girl-friend yet, Pattaya passion for jumping is rising to a new level !

[tingtongfarang]

Anyone got any stats as to how many members the thailand flying club has?

[Suradit69]

Unfortunate that he was injured, although if he was still drinking at 5:00 in the morning the cause of the mishap would seem fairly obvious. Even if he had been on terra firma he would probably have hit the ground at some point.

But, wait for it. The comments on raising all the railings on all balconies in Thailand are sure to begin.

Probably easier to require tourists to wear a helmet before stepping onto balconies or buy balcony-incident insurance when booking their flights.

[stoneyboy]

The reason I live in a bungalow.

[balo]

If he hit the ground with the head first I am afraid he must be in a very serious condition , lets hope for the best .

[jollyposty]

Anyone got any stats as to how many members the thailand flying club has?

why do you wanna join it

[tingtongfarang]

Anyone got any stats as to how many members the thailand flying club has?

why do you wanna join it

Nope...as an ex competition hang glider pilot i always had a very healthy fear of heights and still feel uncomfortable on a balcony here looking down, i was often told if i lost this fear to stop flying.

[chooka]

A lot of the guard rails on the balconies I have seen in Thailand are quite low. They are designed for Thai's and that is fair enough as they are short and this is Thailand. It would be quite easy for the average sized farang who is stumbling around drunk to topple over one of these rails.

Is it an offence in Thailand to serve a person who is intoxicated or to have an intoxicated person on licenced premises?

[Dararasmi]

And though the news was rather sad...

[unanimosity]

Anyone got any stats as to how many members the thailand flying club has?

No round trips in that club.

[unanimosity]

A lot of the guard rails on the balconies I have seen in Thailand are quite low. They are designed for Thai's and that is fair enough as they are short and this is Thailand. It would be quite easy for the average sized farang who is stumbling around drunk to topple over one of these rails.

Is it an offence in Thailand to serve a person who is intoxicated or to have an intoxicated person on licenced premises?

Not if you overcharge them 10x and it is after hours.

[deecee10]

5am in the morning????

needs a police raid methinks

Well, could hardly be 5am in the afternoon.

[Estrada]

5am in the morning????

needs a police raid methinks

The B.I.B. raid the marine bar? Not a hope in hell of that given its connections which go back years

[drdoom6996]

5am in the morning????

needs a police raid methinks

I think we were supposed to have had one of those just a few weeks back. This must be one of the clubs that paid the stay open money to the "perfectly honest cops" in Pattaya.

[Regyai]

Anyone got any stats as to how many members the thailand flying club has?

No round trips in that club.

First rule of flying

Keep your take offs and landings in equal numbers

[ronthai]

At least the DONER KEBABS was still there, guess he sold out with the crowd now.

[steven100]

At least the DONER KEBABS was still there, guess he sold out with the crowd now.

Apparently , soon after the accident .... the chicken kebabs were falling off the stand !!

the owner is looking to set up outside other nightclubs.

[NoshowJones]

A lot of the guard rails on the balconies I have seen in Thailand are quite low. They are designed for Thai's and that is fair enough as they are short and this is Thailand. It would be quite easy for the average sized farang who is stumbling around drunk to topple over one of these rails.

Is it an offence in Thailand to serve a person who is intoxicated or to have an intoxicated person on licenced premises?

It would not matter if it was an offence or not, the offences that seem to be taken seriously mostly here in Thailand, are to do with immigration and drugs.

[Robbie Dye]

At least if he was that drunk he probably didn't feel a thing

[Maggusoil]

A lot of the guard rails on the balconies I have seen in Thailand are quite low. They are designed for Thai's and that is fair enough as they are short and this is Thailand. It would be quite easy for the average sized farang who is stumbling around drunk to topple over one of these rails.

Is it an offence in Thailand to serve a person who is intoxicated or to have an intoxicated person on licenced premises?

This has been observed many times re the balconies.

There seems to be a real parallel between Pattaya and plunging.

Is the intoxication question rhetorical? Bemusing or what? It does bring a smile.

There must be a reason Thais invented Thai Whiskey. Most likely because nothing else is strong enough.

Awash with alcohol, available women and low balcony railings, Thailand harbours unexpected dangers.

Not just wild elephants and spitting cobras.

Just as airlines taking tourists to Australia should and sometimes do have beach rip warnings, we should

have something similar here on the planes coming in for these hazards. Right?

[lhvdberg]

So drunk you cant walk... And here we discuss the height of the rails on the balcony. I wonder what you guys were drinking last night. It seems the booze took over your brains too. Sorry guys but I have never walked the streets being so drunk that I didn't know where I was going. So I never missed a rails or even needed one. You can't control your drinking, so don't start blaming the building construction. I am not saying the construction is perfect, but is that important? Where you walk doesn't matter; the way you walk is more important.

A lot of foreigners have problems here with the booze or the amount of it. And sure we all blame Thailand when we crash or drop dead. Simple life, simple thinking?

[JSixpack]

There must be a reason Thais invented Thai Whiskey. Most likely because nothing else is strong enough.

No. Tried any Wild Turkey 101?

And it's slightly difficult to find in Thailand many whiskeys at their normal strengths. There seems to be some regulation limiting alcohol content to 40 proof--except at duty free shops.

Thai whiskey was invented to avoid import taxes and bring in tax revenue from the working class poor.

Awash with alcohol, available women and low balcony railings, Thailand harbours unexpected dangers.

Not just wild elephants and spitting cobras.

SO scary, really, especially those available women. SO impossible to avoid. Only married teetotalers should be allowed in for a visit.

Just as airlines taking tourists to Australia should and sometimes do have beach rip warnings, we should

have something similar here on the planes coming in for these hazards. Right?

Wrong. Wouldn't do the slightest bit of good, perhaps just make the hazards seem a lot more attractive.

Maybe all the nannying back in Oz just makes people unprepared for a freer environment--freer in some ways.

Edited August 25, 2013 by JSixpack

[cornishcarlos]

Mr Trusscot sustained a split lip....

Brilliant reporting...Hope he makes a full recovery ?

[denby45]

5am in the morning????

needs a police raid methinks

The B.I.B. raid the marine bar? Not a hope in hell of that given its connections which go back years

Me thinks you need to read the story again.

"The incident occurred at the Play Party Club located opposite the Marine Discotheque on Walking Street"

[Redhawk]

Abusing the booze makes you feel, being a "Red Bull"!

[Maggusoil]

There must be a reason Thais invented Thai Whiskey. Most likely because nothing else is strong enough.

No. Tried any Wild Turkey 101?

And it's slightly difficult to find in Thailand many whiskeys at their normal strengths. There seems to be some regulation limiting alcohol content to 40 proof--except at duty free shops.

Thai whiskey was invented to avoid import taxes and bring in tax revenue from the working class poor.

Awash with alcohol, available women and low balcony railings, Thailand harbours unexpected dangers.

Not just wild elephants and spitting cobras.

SO scary, really, especially those available women. SO impossible to avoid. Only married teetotalers should be allowed in for a visit.

Just as airlines taking tourists to Australia should and sometimes do have beach rip warnings, we should

have something similar here on the planes coming in for these hazards. Right?

Wrong. Wouldn't do the slightest bit of good, perhaps just make the hazards seem a lot more attractive.

Maybe all the nannying back in Oz just makes people unprepared for a freer environment--freer in some ways.

I take you meaning bra but my piece was supposed to be tongue in cheek. My intention. Its actually a joke!!

Not worthy of a deconstruction.

In Thai I live about as far from civilisation as you can get. Which is a lot further "out" than most. Because there is not further out

than us. Believe me. There is nothing where I live. Friends do not visit me there because there is nothing for anyone to do.

I don't encourage it anyway.

Waterfalls and greenery. That's it. I like living in Thailand partly because I abhor the "nanny" state and Australia my former home, which has gone to the bureaucratic dogs. 40 to 50 years ago, it was a wonderfully free country to grow up in, but its nothing like that now.

They are just starting to legislate wearing helmets on jet skis.

Not fond of jet skis but still. I rarely wore a helmet on my motorbikes when I had them. I had exemptions which you

"cannot" get anymore.

I have always disliked authority and government intervention in one's daily life has become very intrusive and expensive in Australia.

Like many 'business' expats driven out by exactly the same systems in America and Europe, I will be moving to Thai and other parts of Asia permanently soon.

It is interesting to note the criticising that goes on in this forum about the "lack" of government intervention and control

in Thailand and the ensuing corruption and chaos.

Here we have two polar opposites.

I am not in definitely not in favour of excessive government control. Education and awareness is the issue.

[Maggusoil]

I am sure this forum is not the best place to have a sober thought.

I will make sure I've had a drink next time I contribute.

Neither have I fallen from a balcony yet, however I have found with age, that I am capable of making a lot

of mistakes, I once thought impossible. . . you never know

how about signs. Nothing like a good sign. "This railing is lower than it looks." Written in Thai of course.

[hellodolly]

A lot of the guard rails on the balconies I have seen in Thailand are quite low. They are designed for Thai's and that is fair enough as they are short and this is Thailand. It would be quite easy for the average sized farang who is stumbling around drunk to topple over one of these rails.

Is it an offence in Thailand to serve a person who is intoxicated or to have an intoxicated person on licenced premises?

I don't think it makes any difference in Pattaya if it is an offense or not. They will still serve them as long as their money holds out.

Very true about the low guard rails.

I have often wondered how many Thais fall of off balconies. I don't read Thai and the English papers don't want to make it look like it happens to any one but foreigners.

I was wondering how many Thais fall and it is reported in the Thai papers or is it so common that they treat it like North America does road rage. Not report it at all it is a part of life there. Like reporting that Joe Blow is breathing.