team captain of “Wild Boars”Duangpetch Promthep, one of 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018, has died in the UK from a head injury, according to the British press.
Promthep attended a football academy at the school he attended in the European country and was found unconscious in his room last week, according to the British network BBC. He was taken to a local hospital but died days later.
Also according to the report, Leicester police, where he currently lived, reported that the death is not being treated as suspicious. The cause, however, has yet to be officially announced. Duangpetch Promthep was 17 years old and studying at Brooke House College Football Academy in Leicester since late 2022.
Duangpetch Promthep, or “Dom” as he was known to his teammates, was the captain of the Thai soccer team Wild Boars, who were trapped together with the coach for two weeks in a cave during a tour of the province. from Chiang Rai. The story had repercussions around the world and ended up being reproduced in books and films.
