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A Man Who Went To Sleep With 3 Fans Blowing Cool Air At Him Died From Hypothermia

His body failed to adjust to the sudden drop in temperature and went into shock.

Cover image via The Nation

A 44-year-old man from the capital of Chaiyaphum Province, in northeastern Thailand, who went to bed on Thursday night with three fans blowing cool air at him has died from hypothermia

According to a report in a news site, The Nation, this happened due to the sudden drop in the early-morning temperature which turned the man's sleep into a fatal tragedy.

Image via The Nation

He had turned on the fans before going to sleep. But he failed to realise that Chaiyaphum's temperature can be much lower at night.

The man died from hypothermia because his body failed to adjust to the sudden drop in temperature and went into shock, according to a medical examiner.

He was identified as Sobthawee Boonkua, who had gone to stay at the house to take care of his ailing 86-year-old mother, his elder brother Saravuth told The Nation.

The grief-stricken family accepted the cause of death and said they would collect Sobthawee's body for religious rites later

Meanwhile, the scene was inspected by Pol Lt Colonel Thanasit Apiboonworaset of Muang Chaiyaphum police on Friday morning along with a medical examiner.

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