Solomick Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Just read this in the Pattaya mail. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Couple tumbles from 4th floor balcony during horseplay Boonlua Chatree An Italian and his Thai girlfriend were injured when they tumbled from the balcony of their 4th floor apartment during horseplay that went wrong. Police were called out at 6 a.m. on December 22 to The World Apartment on Soi Bongkot in South Pattaya, accompanied by Sawang Boriboon Foundation officers. They found two people injured in the parking lot. Ms Panida Somchit, 22, was moaning in pain. She had a long wound on her cheek, head injuries, and she couldn?t move her legs or arms. Beside her lay Giorio Brioschi, 33, who was injured under his chin, had a broken tooth, and a sprained arm. The couple was taken to Pattaya Memorial Hospital for treatment. Panida was treated and proclaimed to be out of danger. Brioschi?s only injury was the broken tooth. He told officers that he and Panida had been living together for more than a year, and they rented the room at The World Apartment. They had gone out drinking with friends but had returned home because they had some kind of argument. Panida was petulant and he teased her. On the balcony of the room he had lifted her when she was opening the door. She struggled because she was angry and frightened and he lost his balance. The balustrade was only at waist height and they had gone over the side. They didn?t have any intention to commit suicide. He said felt sorry and was worried about his girlfriend?s condition. Police are treating Brioschi?s statement with suspicion and will further question their friends along with Panida when she is better. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was bad enough when one jumped, but now you have to be on the look out for multiple falling objects. Also another problem is they don't mention what happened to the horse? :: Is this the also the first Italian victim? Maybe he had read previous threads and thought that an Italian prescence was needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickfarang Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 This happened in Bangkok earlier this year, similar circumstances, but I think it was from a higher floor and their fall was broken by a car parked below. You could search this forum for the actual article, but you'd get so many hits, you might never sort through it all. By the way: "The balustrade was only at waist height... " (Google confirms balustrade is the railing.) I consider this to be a prevalent design defect. Basically, people hitting the railing at high speed may have a tendency to go over it rather than beign stopped by it (depends on the person's posture and weight distribution.) I think waist-high railing on balconies higher than the third floor is really stupid, and may account for a lot of these people who get drunk and fall from their apartments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Thai balcony for Thai sized people not farang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayRay Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 I'm on the 11th floor of my building and it has a waist high balcony. As I don't smoke inside, I always go out to the balcony to light up. I NEVER and mean NEVER EVER go anywhere near the edge when I'm pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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