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19 year old Australian falls to his death at a Phuket hotel

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Thursday, June 30, 2022 13:31

Pete

A 19 year old Australian, Joshua Connell, died when he fell from the 6th floor of a hotel rooftop in Phuket’s Patong Beach. He landed on the roof of a restaurant kitchen next door and was only wearing shorts.s

CCTV video shows that he was balancing on the brick walling and steel railing of the rooftop area before losing his balance and falling.

According to reports by police lieutenant colonel Korkiat Boonplod, Joshua checked in at a hotel on Rat Uthit 200 Year Road in Patong on Tuesday with his friend (other media reports a number of friends).

The restaurant’s crew was getting ready to start serving dinner when they heard a loud bang on the roof over the kitchen. The force of his body broke some roof tiles.

Connel was from Canberra in Australia and arrived in Phuket on June 28.

SOURCE: Bangkok Post

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Viggen8408

2022-07-02 09:51

20 hours ago, riclag said: Historically some falangs apparently fall off these balconies! Its not safe ! Some even accidentally fall with clumps of hair clutched in their hands

HolyCowCm

2022-07-02 14:28

4 hours ago, Mandy said: Quite agree, we still live life likes it's our last day, only way to be, we don't video it though, definitely don't want the kids and grandkids seeing us getting up to things us oldies…

Busqueezo

2022-07-03 16:27

Hmm, important facts left out (again) of official 'news' stories covering a needles tragedy: What hotel by name? Was there any barrier to prevent one from getting up to where he tightroped the wall and fell? Was he under the…

Nivram

2022-07-03 18:29

Barriers? It is a hotel not a prison. How high of a barrier would you recommend? As long as guard rails are high enough to prevent an individual from accidentily falling off the balcony, the hotel did their responsibility for…

dbrenn

2022-07-03 19:12

On 7/1/2022 at 1:03 PM, Mandy said: Most of us did stupid things when we were young, some of us are seriously lucky to be alive, the difference now is, we can read about it due to the Internet That's…

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