Blind man jumps from Bangkok apartment building

A blind man has jumped to his death from the rooftop of a seven-floor apartment building in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao district after his wife, who is also reported to be blind, had recently separated from him.

Chok Chai police station was alerted at 10am today about the incident at an apartment building on Soi Lat Phrao-Wang Hin.

The man has yet to be identified as police found no identification on him.

His neighbours told police that he normally lived with his wife, but the two had recently quarrelled and she had left him. They say the man had since become very sad, and they had tried to console him after seeing him sitting alone.

Police have yet to locate the wife in order to establish the identity of the deceased.

If you or anyone you know is in emotional distress, please contact the Samaritans of Thailand 24-hour hotline: 02 713 6791 (English), 02 713 6793 (Thai) or the Thai Mental Health Hotline at 1323 (Thai).

SOURCE: The Nation