Traveler slips on rain-soaked road in Thailand... Grabs streetlight, suffers tragic accident

Current Leakage from Streetlight
Patient Transported to Hospital but Eventually Passed Away

A tourist was electrocuted and died by a streetlight in Phuket, a representative tourist destination in Thailand.

On the 8th, local media including the Bangkok Post reported that on the night of the 5th, a 33-year-old man from Myanmar living in New York, USA, collapsed and died in the city of Phuket in southern Thailand. According to eyewitnesses, the man was walking on a rain-soaked street to go to a restaurant and grabbed a nearby streetlight to avoid slipping and falling, but was electrocuted. When he collapsed, people nearby removed him from the streetlight and performed CPR. He was immediately taken to the hospital but eventually passed away.

Streetlight. The photo is not directly related to the content of the article. Pixabay

Subsequently, a local electrical official investigated the scene and confirmed that current was leaking from the streetlight. They stated that they immediately cut off the 220V power supply to prevent further accidents.

Local media pointed out that this accident has raised serious concerns about infrastructure maintenance and public safety in the Phuket area, especially during rainy and humid weather.

Meanwhile, Phuket is a popular tourist destination frequently visited by Korean travelers as well. In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was recorded that over 10 million foreigners visited Phuket in a single year.

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