A 48-year-old German national, whose name was withheld, drowned at Thong Nai Phan beach in tambon Ban Tai of Koh Pha Ngan yesterday afternoon (Feb 17), Pol Snr Sgt Maj Kongyut Numuen, a tourist police at Koh Pha Ngan said.
Police and rescue workers went to the area and found the tourist lying unconscious on the beach after being taken to the sea by local residents and staffers of a nearby bungalow. He was given first aid, but died shortly later, Thai media reported.
Police said the man, his wife and their two friends had been on Koh Pha Ngan since Feb 16. He went to swim yesterday amidst red flags put in front of the beach to warn about high waves.
Meanwhile, near Sam Bay, a Chinese man drowned while swimming off Koh Nang Yuan in tambon Koh Pha Ngan, Thai media reported today (Feb 18).
Municipal officials and rescue workers rushed to help the 34-year-old Chinese national, whose name was withheld pending notification of relatives. He was given first aid before being sent to Koh Pha Ngan Hospital, but was later pronounced dead.
The bodies of the two tourists were being kept at Koh Pha Ngan Hospital as authorities were in the process of notifying their embassies.
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