German cancer patient dies in Phuket fall

PHUKET: A German man died after falling from the balcony of his seventh-floor condo room in Phuket yesterday evening.

“Karl Geier, 76, was reportedly living alone at the building on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Road,” said Lt Col Jetsada Saengsuree of the Patong Police. “There were no signs of a struggle or robbery in his room.”

Police questioned a number of people in the area about Mr Geier, including a local taxi driver who had taken him to Mission Hospital recently.

“The driver told us that he had taken Mr Geier to the bank and then the hospital. While in the car, Mr Geier told the driver that he had terminal cancer,” said Col Jetsada.

Police confirmed that they have informed next of kin.

Mr Geier’s body was taken to Patong Hospital.

Yesterday, an Australian man survived falling from the third-floor balcony of a Patong hotel (story here).

— Winai Sarot