New Zealander falls to death from Pattaya hotel

Rescuers arrive at the scene where a man falls from a balcony of a hotel room in Pattaya on Thursday. (Photo: We Love Pattaya Facebook page)
On Thursday, rescuers arrive at the scene of a person falling from a ledge of a hotel room in Pattaya. ( Photo: We Love Pattaya Facebook page )

A gentleman from New Zealand fell to his dying from a luxury resort in Pattaya, Chon Buri, on Thursday morning.

Around 6am, the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan base received a notification about the event at a hotel in the Bang Lamung district’s Bang Nong Phrue.

Akuhata Edward Robert Hammind, 36, was found dead when officers and firefighters arrived at the scene.

According to authorities, no evidence of a real abuse were found.

The man allegedly had a hallucinogenic experience as a result of drug use, according to lodge workers who witnessed the incident, and he frequently yelled” Help me” to a crowd of onlookers.

Before immediately jumping from a seventh-floor ledge of his room and falling onto the electric wiring pipelines of a local hotel, the team attempted to calm him and offer support.

Witnesses gave authorities access to a picture of the man jumping off a balcony before presenting it to the police as evidence.

His brain was sent to forensic authorities for research, said Pol Lt Chanan Kesornbua of Pattaya city police station.

Following a number of instances in Pattaya, including a Thai man who fell from a resort on June 1, a Russian man who fell from a property on June 3, an American man who fell from a resort on June 4, and a European man who fell from a resort on June 6, The New Zealander follows these situations.