Photo: The Pattaya News

A Dutch man taking a stroll early yesterday morning on Pattaya Beach Road, not far from Soi 6, reportedly collapsed before being found dead by other pedestrians.

Emergency services were notified of the incident on Pattaya Beach Road at 01:00 AM. The first aid teams arrived on scene and found the man on a sidewalk near an unoccupied motorcycle taxi stand. The man was later identified by the Pattaya police as an elderly Dutchman.

He was initially unconscious and had sustained serious head injuries from his fall. Despite efforts by both bystanders and first responders to resuscitate him, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses said they saw the man walking before he suddenly collapsed, hitting his head hard on the ground.

His exact cause of death is still being determined, according to police, and his body is being sent to a local coroner for examination.

Source: The Pattaya News

8 responses to “Pattaya Beach Road: Dutch man collapses while walking and dies”

  1. W. Scholte says up

    Wow wow I have a friend on holiday there right now. I hope it's not him.

    • RonnyLatYa says up

      His name will be known by now I suspect and is also in the article of the Pattaya Mail
      https://www.pattayamail.com/news/dutch-man-collapses-dies-on-pattaya-beach-road-384385

      • Peter (editor) says up

        Judging by the name, it is a German. So often goes wrong in Thailand, a Dutchman turns out to be a German.

        • RonnyLatYa says up

          Could be.
          You can only be sure of a few things in newspapers and that is the name of the newspaper, the date and the price 😉

        • Hans Bosch says up

          In the booklet of my Covid vaccinations I am a German, while my birthday is a month later than in reality. A copy of my passport attached when applying,,,,

        • Jacques says up

          At my first marathon run in Pattaya, I was also classified as a German, even though I had identified myself with my Dutch passport. After all, there are sloppy people and it is certainly not a Thai phenomenon, I dare say. A well-known phenomenon for the observant among us. Look in hospitals in Thailand for department names, or in shopping malls and markets where the English language causes some problems.

  2. French says up

    In an action movie that I saw years ago, some Dutch crooks appeared. They had used German-speaking actors for it, apparently thinking Holland = Dutch = German

  3. Lung addie says up

    Yes, there is quite a bit of confusion here with 'DUTCH'… after all, it looks a lot like 'DEUTSCH'.
    Therefore, if someone asks me here what language I speak, I say DUTCH but immediately add: not 'German' but as in The Netherlands or, what you call Holland. If I say 'Flemish' then they don't know either because who knows Flanders in Thailand?


Leave a comment

Thailandblog.nl uses cookies

Our website works best thanks to cookies. This way we can remember your settings, make you a personal offer and you help us improve the quality of the website. read more

Yes, I want a good website