Student Critically Injured After Falling Through Second-Floor Roof
A Grade 9 student in Nonthaburi Province suffered critical injuries including a fractured neck after falling through a deteriorated roof while retrieving earbuds during school break.
Police Major Prasakorn Chaitheewiwongse, commander of Plai Bang Station in Nonthaburi Province, received a report from a secondary school in Bangkuwieng Subdistrict, Bangkruwai District, that a Grade 9 boy had fallen through a roof and struck the ground with critical injuries. Emergency responders quickly transported him to hospital.
Initial inspection of the scene showed the tile roof connecting the building sections had a large hole, with wooden debris and broken roof tiles scattered across the ground. The student was rushed to the ICU with serious injuries.
A school teacher explained the accident happened during midday break when the Grade 9 boy climbed onto the old tile roof to retrieve earbuds that had fallen while he was on the phone with his mother. The deteriorated roof, unable to support his weight, collapsed beneath him, and he fell headfirst onto wooden boards below, sustaining critical injuries and convulsions.
Rescue staff immediately took him to hospital ICU. Initial findings indicate a fractured neck. The school has now issued a safety warning to students about the dangers of leaving the building structures.
