Man dies after falling off a bar dancing

In the early hours of Tuesday (Feb 18^th) morning police in Phuket were called to the Dar and Daniel Bar in the Otop Market area of Patong where a Swedish tourist had fallen off the bar while dancing.

The call came in at around half past midnight, and when they arrived on the scene they found the body of the 58 year old man who had been staying at the Karisson Hotel and & Restaurant in Soi Post Office.

The officers were told that the man had been drinking with friends and had climbed onto the bar where he started dancing. He later stumbled and fell head first onto the floor where he died, apparently from a broken neck.

His body was taken to the Patong Hospital for autopsy, his identity has been withheld until his family have been informed.

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