Teacher faces suit over child's death
The parents of a three-year-old boy who died after having been left inside a pickup truck for hours, have filed a police complaint against the teacher they hold responsible for their son's death and have vowed to take legal action against her.
Meanwhile, the school’s owner Boonma Nuansai said the school would take full responsibility for the child’s death and has given the parents Bt30,000 for funeral expenses.
On Tuesday, Suriyakarn Thachan and other kindergarteners were picked up by their Uthumphon Witthaya School teacher Amphika Phetnam.
It is believed that Amphika forgot to check to see if Suriyakarn was still sleeping in the rear seat after other students got out.
The child was found dead in the afternoon.
The child’s mother Thanyathorn Boonma, 27, and father Sarayut Thachan, 30, said they would file a lawsuit against the teacher because she was careless.
Amphika’s lawyer confirmed that the teacher would undergo police interrogation today.
EARLIER CASE
Suriyakarn is the second young student to have died after being left inside a locked vehicle. The first case was when a three-year-old girl was left locked in a kindergarten school bus in Samut Prakarn and developed brain swelling. She later died in hospital.
In response to the problem, the Education Ministry has set up a fact-finding committee to look into Suriyakarn’s case and is instructing every school to educate kindergarteners about what they should do if they are left in a locked vehicle.
