PHUKET: A five-year-old girl from Israel has died after falling out of a songthaew during a visit to this resort island with her family.
Patong police said on Friday the young tourist was leaning out of the right window when driver Bunyang Kaewaksorn, 52, stopped the vehicle at a zebra crossing to allow a person to cross the road at 10.40pm on Thursday night.
The girl lost consciousness and sustained a severe head injury in the accident, police said, adding she was sent to Patong Hospital and was later pronounced dead.
The girl was with her parents during the nighttime ride on a songthaew, which is also called a tuk tuk in Phuket.
Police are conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of her death.