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Aug 13, 2006
Victim's husband and sister
rescued
A Dutch woman drowned in waters off Koh Chang in Trat province yesterday
while swimming with her family. Caroline Haayer, 31, arrived on Koh Chang on
Friday with her husband and her sister. They booked into the Hat Sai Khao (White
Sand Beach)
resort hotel.
The three were taking a swim near the beach when a
tidal wave swept them out to sea. Lifeguards and hotel staff could only save
the husband and sister, who were rushed to Koh Chang International Clinic.
Later they found Ms Haayer, who was pronounced dead at the clinic.
In a separate incident at KC resort, four local
tourists were swept away by a big wave but rescuers saved them.
Pol Col Chuchart Kaewtrairat, Koh Chang police chief,
said tourists had been ignoring a warning against swimming in the sea as
waves were forecast to reach up to three metres. Sakprasert Charoenprasit,
Koh Chang district assistant chief, said police, local officials and hotel
staff had been dispatched to the beaches to inform tourists to stay onshore.
Meanwhile, a five-year-old girl drowned and her
brother went missing in the sea near the beachfront Ruen Burapa restaurant
in tambon Paknam in Rayong's Muang district yesterday. The girl, identified
as Anthittha Boonthammee and her brother, Sarawut, 10, were swept away by a
wave when they went to play in the water. Rescuers used a dinghy to
fish the girl out of the sea, but could not find her brother. The girl was
pronounced dead at Rayong Hospital.
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