PHUKET: A 54-year-old Swiss man died at about 2:30 this morning (May 22) when he was trapped in the shaft of a malfunctioning elevator at the five-storey Baan Paradise Hotel in Patong.

The alarm was raised by a receptionist who told police later she had heard a loud thud from the lift and a voice calling for help.

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