Cave survivor killed himself, probe shows

Untimely death: Duangphet was found unconscious at Brooke House College in Leicester­shire on Feb 12 this year. He died two days later. — The Nation/ANN

THE death of Duangphet Phromthep, 18, captain of a Thai football team who was trapped in a cave by flooding in 2018, has been ruled a suicide by British authorities.

He was found unconscious at Brooke House College in Leicestershire on Feb 12 this year. He died two days later in Kettering General Hospital. Following an inquest into the death, a senior coroner concluded that it was a suicide, the BBC reported.