Phuketwan Breaking News
TWO MEN were electrocuted in Patong about 5pm today when a construction crane struck powerlines, a witness has told Phuketwan.
One of the victims is dead and doctors at Patong Hospital were trying to restart the heart of the second victim, who is critically ill.
The expat who saw it all called police immediately. ''I was working in a building opposite,'' he told Phuketwan soon afterwards.
''They were trying to install a swimming pool on the fifth floor of the block. It is down from Nanai Road, towards Patong beach, near the Kasikorn Bank branch.
''The crane appeared to be folding up for the day.Then it hit the powerlines.
''There was a huge bang. Two men were left on the ground, convulsing.''
The men were taken in a pickup to Patong Hospital.
''The pool being installed was a Navinda pool,'' the witness said. ''But I did not see Navinda shirts on the two men who were electrocuted. I think they were bulding construction workers.''
The witness, a computer expert who wishes to remain anonymous, said he believed one of the owners of the building also had a connection with Hollywood nightclub in Patong.
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Now here once again tragic events. If these bl**7y lines were underground, we will be electrocuted using water to brush our teeth. Electricity is dangerous, fullstop. Panda bears, stay away from it.
Posted by Graham on May 26, 2009 18:28