The Deputy Provincial Governor acknowledged that a college within the Isaan province of Khon Kaen should take responsibility after a 5 year outdated autistic boy drowned at a swimming pool inside the college. The identify of the college has not yet been disclosed.
Baan Phai Hospital reported the death of a five yr previous boy named Peach to Baan Phai Police Station yesterday morning. The hospital reported that the body was still in a school uniform and had no visible wounds or signs of physical hurt on his physique.
Baan Phai Police officers swiftly initiated an investigation on the faculty where Peach had been enrolled. The incident transpired at a swimming pool situated behind a classroom building, boasting a depth of approximately a hundred and forty centimetres.
From security digital camera footage, Peach is seen descending into the swimming pool alone at about eight.41am whereas other students were gathering. Elementary but there’s a small gap in one a part of the fence the place Peach entered the pool.
He attempted to swim for about 14 minutes earlier than drowning. The school bus driver found Peach on the bottom of the pool and rushed him to the hospital however he died on the way.
The teacher, Juthamas, revealed to ThaiRath that Peach was an autistic student. On the incident day, she met Peach within the morning while he entered the college. However, she didn’t discover that Peach was not current through the morning actions.
The Deputy Provincial Governor, Charnchai Sornsiwichai, emphasised through the interview with the media that the varsity should take duty for what had happened. Charnchai added that the varsity must shut to ensure that the related departments to conduct an investigation.
Peach’s grandmother, 70 year old Lamduan, knowledgeable ThaiRath that Peach lived along with her as a result of his dad and mom relocated to Bangkok for work. She didn’t know how Peach received into the pool and drowned and has not yet had a possibility to engage with the varsity on this matter. Peach’s parents are presently en route to Khon Kaen.
Regrettably, this tragic occurrence evokes memories of an analogous incident involving a seven 12 months old schoolgirl named Ji Hoon final 12 months. Ji Hoon was left in a van at Ploenchit Wittaya School in Chon Buri all day and suffocated. The instructor on college bus responsibility along with the bus driver faced a cost of negligence inflicting the dying of one other individual.
The police disclosed that 129 incidents occurred final year where youngsters have been left alone at school buses in Thailand between 2014 to 2020..