Two electrocuted in Khon Kaen
A grandmother and her young neighbour were found electrocuted inside a flooded home in Muang district, police said yesterday.
The bodies of Somsri Khongnawang, 72, and Patipan Boonsang, 15, were discovered at noon in the back of Somsri's home in the 300-unit Thung Setthee housing estate, which has been under up to 100 centimetres of flood water for nearly a month now.
Police believe they had been dead for about 24 hours.
Somsri was holding an electric wire from a pump. Police suspect she pulled the plug and was electrocuted, while Patipan had tried to help her.
Somsri's daughter Warawan, 40, said her mother lived alone and Patipan often visited her. On Monday, they used a boat to distribute lunchboxes they had prepared for fellow victims in the estate.
Neighbours later noticed the house seemed to have an electric discharge and the boat was left floating in front, so they alerted police
The Nation
