ONE of the 12 boys rescued from a Thai collapse 2018 has died within the UK after reportedly being discovered unconscious in his college dorm.
Duangpetch Promthep, 17, referred to as Dom, was a part of the younger crew of footballers who turned trapped inside a flooded cave for greater than two weeks earlier than they had been saved in a dramatic rescue mission.
Duangpetch, who was 13 on the time of the incident in 2018, mentioned his "dream had come true" when he signed up for the Brooke Home Faculty Soccer Academy in Leicester in 2022.
The teenager was discovered unconscious in his dorm, studies the BBC, and buddies again in Thailand reported he had sustained a head harm in an accident.
Cops are usually not treating his loss of life as suspicious.
Supatpong Methigo, a Buddhist monk who taught him, mentioned Duangpetch's grandmother informed him he had died in an accident.
Methigo claimed the teenager hit his head and couldn't be saved.
Duangpetch's former teammates have described him as their "brother" in tributes.
Prachak Sutham, one of many lads rescued in 2018, wrote on Fb: "The 13 of us have been via lots of issues collectively, disappointment, happiness, threat of loss of life and plenty of difficulties collectively.
"You informed me to attend and see while you be part of the nationwide crew. I at all times believed that you are able to do it.
"After we met final time earlier than going to England, I nonetheless informed you jokingly that I've to ask in your signature once I come again.
"Relaxation in peace, my good friend. We'll at all times be 13 of us."
Titan Chanin Viboonrungruang, one other of the 12 boys, wrote: "Brother, you informed me that we might be attaining our soccer dream... if the following world is actual, I need us to play soccer collectively once more, my brother Dom."
Duangpetch was the captain of the Wild Boars, the crew that turned trapped together with their coach after venturing into the Tham Luang caves in June 2018.
Monsoon flooding lower off their escape and prevented rescuers from discovering them for nearly ten days.
The world watched on as a crew of 90 knowledgeable divers - 40 from Thailand and 50 from abroad - battled within the caves to get them out safely.
Divers guided the boys - aged between 11 and 16 years outdated - and their coach via darkness and slim passageways in the direction of the doorway to the cave system.
Carrying full-face masks, that are simpler for novice divers, every boy was accompanied by two divers, who additionally carried his air provide.
The hardest a part of the escape was at a piece named "T-Junction" or "choke spot", which was so tight that the divers needed to take off their air tanks to get via.
After a deadly three-day rescue mission, the courageous lads had been handled by medics following their nightmare stint within the tunnel community in Chiang Rai.
All 12 of the boys had been rescued in levels between July 8 and July 10, when the ultimate 4 boys and coach emerged to security.
A spokesman for Leicestershire Police mentioned: "Shortly earlier than 1pm on Sunday (12 February) police had been referred to as to a boarding college in Leicester Street, Market Harborough by the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
"The decision involved the welfare of a pupil.
"The pupil - a 17-year-old boy - was taken to hospital. He has since died.
"The boy's loss of life just isn't being handled as suspicious and a file can be ready for the coroner."
In an announcement, Brooke Home Faculty mentioned: "Brooke Home Faculty is devastated to verify the passing of our scholar, Duangphet Phromthep, referred to as Dom, yesterday in hospital.
This occasion has left our school neighborhood deeply saddened and shaken.
"We unite in grief with all of Dom’s household, mates, former teammates and people concerned in all components of his life, in addition to everybody affected in any means by this loss in Thailand and all through the school’s international household.
"The school is liaising with statutory authorities and the Royal Thai Embassy in London, and dedicating all sources to help our scholar physique, as they as younger folks course of Dom’s passing."
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