Patcharapol Panrak
A Royal Thai Navy sailor agitated by Italy’s loss in
the Euro 2012 died minutes after the football tournament’s finale of an
apparent heart attack.
Chief Petty Officer 1st
Class Thumnoon Tamnaeng’s official navy ID photo.
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Thumnoon Tamnaeng, 43,
was found slumped over the wheel of his Toyota pickup truck early July
2, just 50 meters from where he watched Spain beat Italy 4-0.
Co-workers at the Air and Coastal Defense Command
said Thumnoon was a rabid Italy booster and had worked himself up into
quite the lather over the match.
The sailor also suffered from high blood pressure.
That, and the packet of heart medication next to the body, led
investigators to believe his football frenzy ended his life.
