SURAT THANI — A family vacation turned tragic when a Bahraini tourist fell from his inner tube while river rafting and drowned in Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani Province in southern Thailand.
Phanom District Chief Suchaow Tumosik received reports around noon on August 17 from Khao Sok rescue volunteers that a Bahraini male tourist had gone missing after falling into the water during tubing activities at Khlong Sok in Moo 6, Khlong Sok Sub-district, Phanom District.
Local authorities, Phanom Police Station officers, Surat Thani Kusonsraddha rescue volunteers from Ban Ta Khun-Phanom, along with water search teams and Khao Sok National Park search units immediately deployed to locate the missing person.
The victim was identified as Mr. Farouki, 55, a Bahraini tourist visiting Khao Sok National Park with his family of five members.
Before the accident, the family was participating in tubing activities on Khlong Sok canal. Farouki was not wearing a life jacket when he reached for a rope during the ride but slipped from his tube and was swept away by the current.
At 2:58 p.m., authorities were notified that the victim’s body had been found approximately 2 kilometers downstream from the accident site. Phanom Police investigators and doctors from Phanom Hospital were coordinated to examine the scene and transport the Bahraini man’s body for autopsy at Phanom Hospital, while local officials expressed condolences to Farouki’s family.
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