rescued from a cave in Thailand in 2018, has died while attending school in the U.K. He was just 17 years old.Promthep was found unconscious in his dorm room in Leicestershire on Sunday, the BBC reported.
He was rushed to Kettering General Hospital, where he died on Tuesday.Leicestershire Police said his death is not being treated as suspicious.
Read more: Ohio train derailment, chemical leak causes chaos: What, exactly, is going on? Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists According to the northern regional branch of the Thai government, Promthep died of a head injury due to an accident, though no additional details were provided.“The atmosphere at his house in Chiang Rai province was full of sorrow,” PR Thailand’s statement said.In 2018, Promthep was the captain of the Wild Boars youth soccer team when he and his teammates became trapped deep inside a flooded cave for over two weeks in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
After a daring international rescue effort, all 12 of the young soccer players and their coach were saved. Read more: ‘9 days, 7 missions and 63 hours inside’: B.C.