Austrian man falls to death in Phuket
published : 6 Feb 2020 at 22:19
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
PHUKET: An Austrian man fell to his death from a condominium building on Patong on Wednesday.
The body of the 68-year-old man, whose name was withheld, was found on the ground of the condomininum building, police said on Thursday.
Police said his body hit the edge of a waste water treatment facility.
The tourist stayed alone at a room on the 12th floor of Patong Night Plaza condominium. He entered Thailand on Dec 19 and was allowed to stay until March 17 this year.
Police were investigating and gathering further evidence. Medications for high blood pressure and diabetes were found in the room.
The investigators have already notified the Austrian embassy about the death. The body was sent to Patong Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Vocabulary
- diabetes: a serious medical condition in which your body does not produce enough insulin to reduce the amount of sugar in the blood - โรคเบาหวาน
- edge (noun): the outside limit of an object, a surface or an area; the part furthest from the centre - ริม, ขอบ
- embassy: a building where a group of officials work who represent their government in a foreign country - สถานทูต
- evidence: facts statements or objects that help to prove whether or not someone has committed a crime - หลักฐาน
- medication: a medicine, or a set of medicines or drugs used to improve a particular condition or illness - ยารักษาโรค
- post-mortem: a medical examination of the body of a dead person in order to find out how they died - การชันสูตร
- treatment: to put a chemical on or in something to do something to it such as clean it, protect it or make it stronger บำบัด such as treat waste บำบัดกากกัมมันตรังสี or treat medically treatment บำบัดโรค -
- withheld (verb): to deliberately not give something to someone - ไม่เปิดเผย, ไม่อนุญาต, ระงับ, ถอนกลับ
