Elderly Brit dies in Pattaya movie theatre

Police at the cinema complex inside The Avenue Pattaya shopping mall after an elderly British man collapsed and died there on Tuesday night. (Photo by Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
Police at the cinema complex inside The Avenue Pattaya shopping mall after an elderly British man collapsed and died there on Tuesday night. (Photo by Chaiyot Pupattanapong)

PATTAYA: A 78-year-old British national died in a movie theatre at a shopping complex in Pattaya on Tuesday night.

He was identified as Bernard Wilfred Channing.

Police were informed of the incident about 8pm.

Witnesses said the man bought a ticket to see "Annabelle Comes Home" but he collapsed before the movie started at The Avenue Pattaya shopping mall.

Police were investigating.

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Vocabulary

  • collapse: to suddenly fall down and become very ill or unconscious - หมดสติ ล้มลง
  • identified (verb): named, searched for a discovered - ระบุ
  • inform: to tell somebody about something, especially in an official way - แจ้งให้ทราบ
  • investigate: to try to find out the facts about something in order to learn the truth about it - ตรวจสอบหาความจริง
  • witness: a person who sees something happen - ผู้ที่เห็นเหตุการณ์

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