Russian tourist drowns at Karon beach
published : 15 Nov 2022 at 08:49
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
A Russian tourist drowned at Karon beach in Phuket on Sunday, police said.
Police said the dead man was Vladimir Kharitonov, 60. His death was reported about 10.30am.
He and his wife Marina, 60, arrived in Phuket on Nov 9.
Mrs Kharitonov told police that about 9am on Sunday she and her husband went swimming in the sea at Karon beach. Soon afterwards, she left to collect some belongings. When she returned to the beach she saw a lifeguard giving her husband CPR. He said Kharitonov had passed out and had no signs of life.
Kharitonov was taken to Chalong Hospital, where a doctor said he died before being brought from the beach. An autopsy confirmed he died from drowning.
Mrs Kharitonov said she would take his body back to Russia.
Police said there was a no-swimming flag on the beach. The lifeguard who performed CPR said he saw the Russian man lying face down in the water, and believed he had passed out because of some illness.
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- autopsy: a medical examination of a dead person’s body to find out why they died - การชันสูตรศพ
- belongings: the things you own - ข้าวของเครื่องใช้
- CPR (noun): 'cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ (breathing air into the mouth of an unconscious person and pressing on their chest to keep them alive by sending air around their body) - การปั๊มหัวใจ
- drown: to sink under water and die - จมน้ำ
- drowning (noun): dying from sinking under the water and being unable to breathe - การจมน้ำ
- flag (noun): a piece of cloth with a special coloured design on it that may be the symbol of a particular country or organization, or may have a particular meaning. A flag can be attached to a pole or held in the hand - ธง
- lifeguard (noun): a person who is employed at a beach or a swimming pool to rescue people who are in danger in the water - ผู้ดูแลความปลอดภัยในการทำกิจกรรมนันทนาการทางน้ำ และช่วบชีวิตคนตกน้ำ
- passed out: became unconscious - หมดสติ
- sign: a piece of evidence that something is happening or that something exists - ร่องรอย
