One of many 12 younger footballers rescued from a Thai collapse 2018 has died within the UK.
Duangpetch “Dom” Promthep’s reason for demise is unclear though reviews counsel he sustained a head damage.
His mom knowledgeable the Wat Doi Wao temple in his hometown in Chiang Rai earlier than the temple posted condolences to Promthep on social media, saying: “Might Dom’s soul relaxation in peace.”
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Promthep enrolled within the Brooke Home Faculty Soccer Academy in Leicestershire final 12 months, when he was 17.
He had excitedly taken to social media in August to share the information.
“And as we speak my dream got here true. I will be a soccer scholar in England,” he shared.
Promthep’s social media web page is filled with snaps from coaching and his research.
The Zico Basis, which supplied the teenager the pathway to England through a scholarship, expressed their “condolences” on his demise.
The teenager was the captain of the Wild Boars workforce, a gaggle of boys aged 11 to 16 and their coach, that visited the Tham Luang cave, Thailand’s fourth-longest cave stretching over 10 kilometers, on June 23, 2018.
They have been trapped inside for greater than two weeks after a flash flood blocked their solely exit, resulting in Thailand’s biggest-ever rescue operation that concerned 1000’s of individuals from many international locations.
The 19-day search and rescue mission gained worldwide consideration by many dramatic twists; from discovering all members secure and sound after over every week with out meals, to a demise of a rescuer, and at last a secure rescue by diving by excessive floodwaters.
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