{"id":9780,"date":"2026-08-06T15:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=9780"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:11:54","slug":"24-year-old-footballer-dies-after-lightning-strike-during-match-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=9780","title":{"rendered":"24-Year-Old Footballer Dies After Lightning Strike During Match in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BANGKOK:<\/strong> A 24-year-old footballer was killed after being struck by lightning during a football match in Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to foreign media reports, the tragic incident occurred at <strong>Santi Stadium in Sungai Kolok, southern Thailand<\/strong>, where a local tournament match under the <strong>Golok FA Cup<\/strong> was being played between teams from Thailand and Malaysia amid heavy rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the match, lightning struck the field, leaving Thai player <strong>Saphuwan Awe<\/strong> critically injured. He was immediately provided medical assistance and shifted to a hospital, but he later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident shocked players and spectators, while concerns were raised regarding safety measures during outdoor sporting events held in severe weather conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BANGKOK: A 24-year-old footballer was killed after being struck by lightning during a football match in Thailand. According to foreign media reports, the tragic incident..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439515_5097973_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439515_5097973_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439515_5097973_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439515_5097973_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439515_5097973_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439515_5097973_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439515_5097973_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9782,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9780\/revisions\/9782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}