BANGKOK – Police officers at Bangkok’s Lumpini Police Station were informed of the incident at 1:00 a.m. on April 15 that a man had fallen from a room at a hotel in Soi Sukhumvit 2, Khlong Toei District, and died. The officers rushed to the scene to investigate the incident.
Coroners and medical examiners at Chulalongkorn Hospital determined that the deceased was a 54-year-old Japanese man named Ito. His body fell and hit the roof and windshield of a Toyota with Sa Kaeo license plate, denting the roof and breaking the windshield.
Initial investigations revealed that the deceased had been alone in the hotel. Before the incident at 00:45, the deceased went to the fire escape on the 7th floor and jumped down.
No signs of forced entry were found during the search of the hotel room. It is assumed that the deceased jumped to his death. Officials therefore instructed the rescue team to take the body to Chulalongkorn Hospital for an autopsy to determine the cause of death in accordance with the law.
At the same time, the officials contact the Japanese embassy in Thailand to inform the family of the deceased about the incident, arrange for the body to be collected and cover the cost of repairing the vehicle.
