2 Elderly Men Die from Cold Weather

Update: The story has been updated with Tep Sa-ngawong’s death.

KALASIN — At least two deaths has been attributed to plunging rural temperatures after two elderly men died as of Wednesday.

Tep Sa-ngawong, 81, was found dead Wednesday morning lying in a plastic boat in his yard in Nakhon Nayok. His sister suspected he had gone to the bathroom in the night before deciding to sleep without any blankets in the boat instead of climbing up to bed, causing him to die in the cold.

Juy Kulsri, 86, died Tuesday at his home in Kalasin city. Police Lt. Col. Somsong Wiangpati said the most likely cause of death is the elderly man’s inability to adapt to the sudden cold spell, with the autopsy indicating he died from a heart attack.

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