Elderly Man Drowns in Flood Surrounding His Home in Chachoengsao
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On 29 September 2026, Police Lieutenant Sakchai Karnthan, deputy investigator of Bang Khanak Police Station, received a report of a drowning death at a house in Moo 6, Yothaka sub‑district, Bang Nam Phew district, Chachoengsao province, and coordinated with Chachoengsao rescue units to investigate. However, because the area was inundated with high, rising floodwaters, vehicles could not reach the scene, so officers and local residents used boats to travel along the flooded routes to search for the missing person. Upon arrival they found a single‑storey house surrounded by water. Rescue workers waded through the deep water around the house, looking for the missing man, and eventually discovered the body of an elderly man behind the house near a rear window, in a spot where floodwater had pooled. The deceased was identified as Somchai, aged 87. Relatives said his health was poor; they last saw him at about 6 p.m. on 28 September. The next morning he was absent from the house, and their calls went unanswered, prompting them to alert the rescue team. Relatives believed he had fallen into the water during the night while no one was watching; the floodwater around the house reached waist‑depth and, given his frail condition, he was unable to get out and subsequently drowned. Preliminary police inspection revealed no signs of injury or foul play, and the family did not question the cause of death, requesting that rescuers take the body by boat to Wat Akom Sithaporn for religious ceremonies.
