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Fateful flight: French tourist becomes another statistic of the ‘Pattaya Flying Club’

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A 43 year old French tourist became yet another statistic of the insensitively named “Pattaya Flying Club” when he jumped from a hotel building in Pattaya and died at the scene.

Police Lieutenant Anirut Jeroh, Deputy Inspector of Investigation, Pattaya City Police Station, received a report at 4.20am this morning of a French tourist who fell to his death from the hotel balcony. The incident occurred at a hotel in Soi 7, Nong Prue Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri Province.

After being notified, the police coordinated with rescue personnel from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation, Pattaya. Along with a medical team from Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital, they rushed to investigate.

The scene of the incident was a seven-storey hotel. The injured person was found to be a 43 year old Frenchman named Benjamin (surname…

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