PATHUM THANI – A wealthy businessman has died after he was crushed by a tree that fell on him while he was riding a motorcycle in Muang district on Sunday, according to reports.
Police and medical units pulled the severely injured man out from under the six-metre tree and rushed him to hospital.
He was later identified as Charoen Chanpalangsri, owner of Polycon Ltd, a two billion to three billion baht a year business.
“It was a dead tree, and it fell down on its own and landed on top of him,” according to a witness. The tree died during the great floods of 2011 and toppled over as Charoen was riding past on his motorcycle.
Charoen succumbed to his injuries in hospital.