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American drowns in Samut Prakan lake after ‘erratic episode’
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An American man in his early thirties drowned after jumping into a lake at a luxury housing estate in Samut Prakan province yesterday afternoon, July 7, following what witnesses and police described as a sudden and unexplained episode of erratic behaviour .
Key facts
- An American man in his early thirties drowned after jumping into a lake at a luxury housing estate in Samut Prakan province yesterday afternoon, July 7, following what witnesses and police described as a sudden and unexplained episode of
- Bang Phli Police Station received the report at around 3pm and arrived at the scene in Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan, along with a duty doctor from Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital and rescuers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation.
- She said the property, a lakeside home worth 22 million baht (US$610,000), had been rented out for 35,000 baht a month for around three months.
- None of the witnesses entered the water due to its depth of more than 10 metres, and a rescue dive team recovered his body around 20 metres from the shore after a 30-minute search.
Summary
Bang Phli Police Station received the report at around 3pm and arrived at the scene in Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan, along with a duty doctor from Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital and rescuers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation.
According to a video recorded by a village staff member, the man began behaving erratically for reasons that remain unclear before running into the estate’s lake and swimming until he became exhausted, going under in front of onlookers.