A man has died a sad death after he saved his wife by pushing her to safety from a falling tree branch.
The pensioner was killed by the tree branch
A 91-year-old Italian pensioner was killed by a falling tree branch
after he jumped in front of it to save his 49-year-old Thai wife, reports Dailymail.
According to the report, Giacomo Smedile, who was enjoying his
retirement in Thailand, was walking along the sea front on Sunday
evening when a 10ft long branch snapped from a tree in Pattaya, a city
on the country's eastern Gulf coast.
The heroic man pushed his Thai wife out the way but was then struck
on the head by the branch and killed instantly. Police and rescue
workers rushed to the scene and found his body in a pool of blood as his
devastated wife desperately tried to revive him.
The 49-year-old, who wished to remain anonymous, told police they
had left their rented apartment for an evening stroll when they heard
the sound of snapping branches.
She said: 'We were almost home when it happened. I turned around and he was lying dead on the floor.
'He was fit and healthy. He was still very active. I am shocked.'
Explaining how the incident happened, a spokesman for the Sawang
Boriboon Thammasatarn charity foundation said the tourist had been hit
on the head and suffered severe bleeding.
He added: 'His female friend said that he had pushed her out of the way of the falling branches.
'He was struck on the head and pronounced dead at the scene.'
According to the police, the police said the death was an accident.
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