Jet skis collide, two killed, in Pattaya

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Rescuers scoured the sea off Pattaya beach after two jet skis collided on Monday night. The driver of one jet ski and his young passenger were killed. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
Rescuers scoured the sea off Pattaya beach after two jet skis collided on Monday night. The driver of one jet ski and his young passenger were killed. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)

CHON BURI: Two people, one a seven-year-old boy, were killed when their hired jet ski collided with another jet ski in the sea off Pattaya beach in Bang Lamung district early on Monday night.

Police were called to the scene, a beach near Pattaya’s Walking Street in tambon Nong Prue, about 7pm. Witnesses said two jet skis had collided. The driver of one machine and a boy riding pillion were thrown into the water by the impact.

The boy, Pathomporn Polrat, 7, was wearing a life jacket and was helped out of the water by jet ski operators. He was seriously injured, including a broken jaw, and was rushed to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The jet ski driver, Pornsuphan Phumnok, 35, was found drowned, located by rescuers after a 30-minute search.

The witnesses said the driver of the other jet ski was of Indian appearance. He had walked away from the scene after the collision, and disappeared.

Police were examining security camera recordings from the scene to establish the cause of the accident and locate the other driver. 

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Tourist found hanged in Patong police cell

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Patong police station in Phuket's Kathu district where an Australian detainee was found hanged in a cell on Monday. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)
Patong police station in Phuket’s Kathu district where an Australian detainee was found hanged in a cell on Monday. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)

PHUKET: An Australian man was found hanged in a cell at Patong police station on Monday, after being arrested on Sunday night for being drunk and disorderly outside a bar in Kathu district.

Pol Maj Gen Sermpan Sirikhong, the provincial police chief, said Michael Matthew Winder, 31, was drunk and acting wildly when he was arrested outside an entertainment venue on Bang La road in Patong.

He was taken to Patong police station and held in a cell on the second floor.

About noon on Monday, the police sergeant on duty outside the cell left to have lunch. When he returned he brought some food for the detainee. He found Winder hanging by his neck from his shirt, which was tied to the iron bars.

The sergeant went inside the cell to check his pulse. He reported that Winder was already dead. The Australian was the only detainee in the cell, Pol Maj Gen Sermpan said.

An investigation was underway into the man’s death, he said.

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Equality at heart of health plan

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The Ministry of Public Health has joined hands with the Department of Corrections and National Health Security Office to encourage safer practices among 260,000 prisoners countrywide by increasing measures to screen sexual and respiratory disease transmission, saying that the prisoners should have equal rights to medical treatment.Continue Reading