Vendor killed by falling tree

Following the report of a fatal injury at about 12.30pm, police and rescue workers rushed to the scene on Paholyothin Road to find the fatally injured Pa Seesan-ngam, 65, under a fallen palm tree and the debris of a concrete fence. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Witnesses told police the worker – identified as Sayon Ngamyos – was cutting the 20-metre-tall palm tree when it fell on the estate’s fence and Pa, who set his candy stall on the other side of fence. Sayon, who fled the scene, will be charged with recklessness causing death.