BANGKOK — One of 12 boys dramatically rescued after two weeks trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 has died in the UK where he was attending a soccer academy, his former teacher said on Wednesday (Feb 15). Duangpetch Promthep — better known as 'Dom' — was captain of the 'Wild Boars' team whose seemingly impossible extraction by...
Duangpetch Promthep introduces himself during the news conference in Chiang Rai, Thailand July 18, 2018.in Thailand in 2018 has died in the UK where he was attending a soccer academy, his former teacher said on Wednesday .
The circumstances of 17-year-old Duangpetch's death were not immediately clear. The news was shared on social media by a Buddhist monk who taught the boys in Thailand's northern Chiang Rai province. Reuters could not independently confirm the death, which Supatpong said he learned of from Duangpetch's grandmother, who said he had suffered an unspecified accident in UK.
In June 2018, the boys, aged 11 to 16 and their 25-year-old assistant coach set off to explore the Tham Luang cave complex for just an hour, but ended up trapped by flood waters.
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