Police and bystanders on the canal footpath at the scene of the tragedy in Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan, where a motorcyclist and a lottery vendor on a bicycle were electrocuted and drowned on Wednesday afternoon. (Photo: Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)
SAMUT PRAKAN: Two local authorities are squabbling over responsibility for the deaths of a motorcyclist and a lottery vendor, who were electrocuted and drowned in a canal in Bang Phli district on Wednesday.
The reason they died has been traced to a faulty light fitting atop a power pole causing a power leakage, and the local electrical authority and the tambon authority are each blaming the other.
Motorcyclist Sukawee Kwakhiran, 26, and lottery ticket cyclist Assawin Srisalab, also 26, died on Wednesday after they plunged into Khlong Lat Krabang canal…
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