John Hoemlund suffered a
broken neck when fell through roofing tiles above his Jomtien Beach
guesthouse.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
A Belgian man died after falling through the roof of his Jomtien
Beach guesthouse during a repair job.
John Hoemlund, 64, suffered a broken neck in the Sept. 18 accident at
the Royal Star Guesthouse near the Mae La Or Market.
His wife, 23-year-old Wanida Hoemlund, said her husband used to work in
construction and had planned to have an Italian friend help him with
replacing roof files. However, the Italian couldn’t come, so the Belgian
went up on the roof to check out the situation himself.
A hefty man, Hoemlund stepped on a bad part of the roof and it
collapsed, sending him and tiles falling to a third-floor room where he
died.
