Child drowns at Phuket water parkRescuers place the unconscious young boy in an ambulance for transpoprt to Thalang Hospital in Phuket after he fell into a pool at a water park on Sunday. (Photo by Achadtaya Chuenniran)PHUKET: A 3-year-old boy drowned in a pool at a popular water park in Thalang district on Sunday evening, police said. The drowning at the Blue Tree Water Park on Si Sunthorn road in tambon Choeng Thale ws reported about 6.30pm, Pol Capt Yanpatr Malai, a Choeng Thale police investigator, said. William Watson, a British national, and his Thai wife Sumitra said they were at the water park with their two sons, aged 7 and 3, and other families. He was unconsciousRescuers from the tambon Si Sunthorn municipality rushed the child to Thalang Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Source: Bangkok Post February 24, 2020 03:22 UTC