A young Russian motorcyclist was crushed to death by a tour bus at the Dolphin Roundabout in Naklua at about 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. According to witnesses quoted by Pattaya One, Mr Sergei Sugadaev was riding along Naklua Road on the left hand side of a coach (…) when the driver took a sudden and… Continue Reading
Unidentified Foreigner Falls Through Pattaya Temple Roof
An unidentified foreigner of unknown nationality apparently climbed onto the rooftop of the Children’s Center Canteen at the Wat Chaimongkol temple in South Pattaya early Monday morning. Most likely due to his weight he eventually fell through the roof and landed face-down on the ground floor of the temple building. The body of the strongly… Continue Reading
Frenchman Jumps to his Death at Central Festival Pattaya Beach
An elderly Frenchman jumped to his death from a 6th-floor landing at the Central Festival Pattaya Beach mall late Thursday night. He eventually landed at the top of an escalator on the third floor and was pronounced dead at the scene. The suicide comes less than a week after an unidentified British national had also… Continue Reading
Elderly German Expat Collapses, Dies on Wongamat Beach
An elderly German expat, identified only as “Otto” and thought to be 74 years old, collapsed and died Wednesday afternoon on Wongamat beach at the bottom of Naklua Soi 16. According to Pattaya One, Mr Otto was “well-known in the area” and would often come to sunbathe and go for a swim on Wongamat beach.… Continue Reading
‘British Tourist’ Nearly Jumps to Death at Shopping Mall (Video)
An unidentified foreign man, believed to be a “British tourist” aged between 40 and 50, threatened to jump to his death from a second-floor balcony at the Central Festival Pattaya Beach shopping mall this week. Following dramatic moments of panic among shoppers the man was eventually saved by security guards at the mall who convinced… Continue Reading
German Dies on Jomtien Street As Locals Assume He’s Just Drunk
A 57-year-old German expat who had only recently moved to Pattaya and was known to be a heavy drinker died next to the Mae La-O market on Soi Wat Boon in Jomtien Tuesday night after he had collapsed to the ground at around midnight. Locals assumed the foreign man was just drunk when, in fact,… Continue Reading
200kg British Tourist Found Dead in Soi Buakhao Guesthouse
A heavily overweight British tourist was found dead in the bathroom of his rented room at a guesthouse on Soi Buakhao Friday evening. Police assume that the man who weighed in at around 200kg suffered a heart attack and fell over, possibly following some “activity with a woman” from a nearby bar. Continue Reading
Australian National Falls to Death From Pattaya Condominium
A 59-year-old Australian national reportedly fell to his death from the 15-story 9 Karat Condominium on Soi Arunothai 2 early on Wednesday. The victim, Mr Russell John Calcutt, had earlier had a drink with his Thai GF and an Australian friend and was due to return to Australia the following morning. His body reportedly landed… Continue Reading
African Man Dies During Short Time Session in South Pattaya
An African man from the Republic of Benin reportedly suffered some kind of seizure during a short time session at the Bird’s Inn on Soi Bongkot in South Pattaya Saturday morning and died shortly after. The unidentified Thai woman that had joined the man in the room had already fled in panic by the time… Continue Reading
Finnish National Found Hanged in South Pattaya
The body of a 50-year-old Finnish national was found by his Thai girlfriend Friday afternoon with a nylon rope around his neck hanging from a door in his house at Suksabai Village on South Pattaya’s Soi Korpai. With no signs of a violent struggle it appears that Mr Jari Olavi Heikkinen jumped from a small stool… Continue Reading
English Expat Found Hanged As House Burns Down in East Pattaya
If you wanted to commit suicide and make sure you won’t survive it somehow would it make sense to set your house alight before hanging yourself? Perhaps yes. Then again, you would most likely not call someone before and threaten you were going to do just that, would you? On the other hand, if you… Continue Reading
Briton Dies in Bangkok Hospital After Failing to Pay Medical Bills
Here’s a distressing reminder that life – especially that of a foreign tourist who has run out of money and gets hospitalized – is worth very little in Thailand and that a decent travel health insurance is of utmost importance in the kingdom. In fact, many hospitals won’t even treat or accommodate you if you… Continue Reading
