A South Korean tourist drowned yesterday afternoon, as he was snorkelling in the sea near Ta Waen Beach on Larn Island, off the coast of Pattaya City.
The victim, 37-year-old Eik Yu-han, and another South Korean visited Larn Island yesterday and went snorkelling together.
After being in the water for a long time, the other South Korean reportedly told the police that he found his friend floating face down and rushed to his rescue. He pulled him ashore and called for help.
CPR and mouth-to-mouth were attempted to resuscitate Eik, before he was rushed to a community emergency medical centre on the island where medics again tried CPR, but could not save him.
The victim’s body has been taken to the Police General Hospital in Bangkok for autopsy.
