Man falls to his death at Bangkok train station

Police and forensic doctors inspect the body of a man who fell to his death at the Tha Phra electric train station in Bangkok Yai district on Sunday morning. (Photo supplied)
Police and forensic doctors inspect the body of a man who fell to his death at the Tha Phra electric train station in Bangkok Yai district on Sunday morning. (Photo supplied)

A pharmacist, 62, fell to his death at the Tha Phra electric train station on Charan Sanitwong Road in Bangkok Yai district late Sunday morning. Police said he and his wife had health problems.

The incident happened at about 10am. An eyewitness said the man fell from the third floor of the station.

Police said the elder brother of the pharmacist told them that the man had health problems and his wife was undergoing operations.

The late pharmacist was a research manager at a company that imports and distributes medicine, chemicals and medical equipment.

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Vocabulary

  • distribute: to give something out to many different places - แจกจ่าย
  • eyewitness: someone who sees something happen - พยานในเหตุการณ์
  • incident: something that happens, usually something bad - เหตุการณ์
  • medical: connected with illness and injury and their treatment - ทางการแพทย์, ด้านการแพทย์, เกี่ยวกับการแพทย์
  • operation: the process of cutting open a part of a person's body in order to remove or repair a damaged part - การผ่าตัด
  • pharmacist: someone whose job is to prepare medicines for sale in a shop or in a hospital. A pharmacist’s shop is called a pharmacist, a pharmacist’s, or a pharmacy - เภสัชกร
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