A DANISH tourist, due to fly home from Phuket today, decided to treat himself to a take-away pizza before heading for the airport.
About 2.30pm this afternoon, a room maid used her key to open the door of his room at the no-name guesthouse in Karon.
She found Svend Aage Schwaback on the bed in his 600 baht-a-night room, dressed only in a pair of shorts, a piece of pizza in his throat.
The remainder of the pizza, with two pieces missing, was on the bed, alongside the body of the 69-year-old.
Only an autopsy will be able to determine whether the piece of pizza played a direct part in his death at the nondescript Thaina Road guesthouse, or perhaps he just happened to be eating when his time came.
Schwaback's body is now in Vachira Hospital in Phuket City while Danish embassy officials await instructions from relatives.
French Expat Killed in Spate of Phuket CollisionsAbout 2.30pm this afternoon, a room maid used her key to open the door of his room at the no-name guesthouse in Karon.
She found Svend Aage Schwaback on the bed in his 600 baht-a-night room, dressed only in a pair of shorts, a piece of pizza in his throat.
The remainder of the pizza, with two pieces missing, was on the bed, alongside the body of the 69-year-old.
Only an autopsy will be able to determine whether the piece of pizza played a direct part in his death at the nondescript Thaina Road guesthouse, or perhaps he just happened to be eating when his time came.
Schwaback's body is now in Vachira Hospital in Phuket City while Danish embassy officials await instructions from relatives.
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Why on earth do people visit Thailand to eat pizza?
Posted by Cat on March 25, 2010 23:27