Falling Tree Branch Kills Italian in Pattaya

PATTAYA — Police on Monday said a heavy tree branch which fell and killed an Italian retiree on Jomtien Beach was most likely overlooked by city maintenance workers.

Giacomo Smedile, 91, was hit in the head by a sharp tree branch as he walked on the beachside road Sunday evening with his wife, according to Apichai Klobpetch, chief of Pattaya Police Station.

Full story: khaosodenglish.com

By Teeranai Charuvastra

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