An autopsy will be performed to try to find out how a 12-year-old boy died on a big mountain of garbage. Methane from garbage is a suspected cause of death.
His father Thongtan said yesterday he told Panuwat to help him collect recyclable items from mountains of garbage last night. "He left home first but when I arrived at the site. I could not find him," the grieving father said.
He did not suspect that things went wrong, though.
"My wife and I continued separating garbage as usual until a colleague rushed to us saying our boy had lost his consciousness."
He said no matter how hard he tried to wake his son up, the boy just lay there and showed no sign of reaction. "He was dead before an ambulance arrived," the father said.
Thongtan's colleague Ekalak Yossiri said at first he thought the boy just fell asleep while working on the mountain.
"However, when I walked closer to him, the odour of gas was so strong," he said.
Police were told about the boy's death early yesterday.