Duangpetch Promthep, one of 12 boys trapped for 18 harrowing days in the cave, has died in a tragic accident.
has died at a soccer academy in the United Kingdom. His cause of death has been deemed an “accident” tied to a head injury, according to the BBC.Duangpetch Promthep, 18, known to his friends as Dom, became the public face as captain of the Wild Boar boys’ soccer team after their miraculous rescue from a flooded cave on June 23, 2018.
Promthep, who turned 13 inside the cave, was one of the first faces rescuers saw when they finally found the lost team and their coach after a sudden rainstorm flooded the Tham Luang cave, sending the group further underground where they survived in a dark pocket of air. More than 10,000 people searched the area and labyrinth of underground tunnels for the team for nine days before divers found them.
“I’m alright, just that the weather may be a little bit too cold, but don’t worry,” Promthep wrote to his parents. “Don’t forget my birthday party.”
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