Photo taken by cellphone on Sept. 14, 2017 shows the site of the accident in southern Thai Province of Phuket. A four-year old Chinese boy drowned at the Patong Beach in southern Thai Province of Phuket on Thursday, the Phuket Consular Office of the Consulate General of China in Songkhla said Friday. (Xinhua)
BANGKOK, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- A four-year old Chinese boy drowned at the Patong Beach in Southern Thai Province of Phuket on Thursday, the Phuket Consular Office of the Consulate General of China in Songkhla said Friday.
Local police told the consular office earlier that a Chinese father and his child were resting on a rock at the Patong Beach before they were dragged away by a wave.
Reports from Thai media said the father managed to reach the shore and called for help but his son drowned
Meanwhile, two more Chinese tourists nearly drowned at Naiharn Beach in Phuket on Thursday. They were rescued in time and sent to a hospital for treatment.
They went back to their hotel last night after being treated, the consular office said on Friday, confirming that these two Chinese tourists are fine now.
