Chainsaw accident sees wife's throat slashed

Chainsaw accident sees wife's throat slashed

An electric saw used by the couple to cut mango tree branches in front of their house in Chiang Rai, but the woman's blouse accidentally wrapped around the saw blade, which cut her throat, leading to her death on Tuesday. (Photo by Chinpat Chaimon)
An electric saw used by the couple to cut mango tree branches in front of their house in Chiang Rai, but the woman's blouse accidentally wrapped around the saw blade, which cut her throat, leading to her death on Tuesday. (Photo by Chinpat Chaimon)

CHIANG RAI: Tragedy struck a couple using a chainsaw to prune a tree outside their house, when the wife's blouse snagged on the blade and she was pulled down onto it and her throat torn open in Muang district.

Pitchasant Saengsrichan was lying dead with a severe injury to her throat when police arrived at their house in Panglao village, tambon Bandu around 10am Tuesday.

Noppadon Saengsrichan, 55, was seated beside his dead wife, crying.

Police inspect the body of the woman whose throat was acidently slashed by a chainsaw while she and her husband were trimming a tree in Chiang Rai on Tuesday morning. (Photo by Chinpat Chaimon)

Police investigators said the couple had been cutting branches off a mango tree together in front of their house, using a small chainsaw.

After the tree had been trimmed, Mr Noppadon had been cutting the larger branches into smaller pieces for easy disposal, while his wife held them firm. 

While cutting one branch, Pitchasant’s blouse had  become entangled in the revolving saw chain,  immediately pulling her down onto it.

The right side of her throat fell across the blade, causing a severe laceration. Her shocked husband had immediately taken her to a pavilion in front of their house and used a cloth to try and stem the bleeding. He called an ambulance, but his wife died before the medics arrived.

Neighbours told police the couple lived happily together. They never quarrelled.  

The woman's body was sent to a hospital for post-mortem examination. Police were waiting for the report before deciding whether to file charges aganst the husband.

Do you like the content of this article?
COMMENT (5)