A five-year-old girl from Israel has died after falling out of a songthaew during a visit to Phuket with her family.
Police said on Friday the young tourist was leaning out of the right window when the driver stopped the vehicle at a zebra crossing to allow a person to cross the road at 10.40pm on Thursday night.
The girl lost consciousness and sustained a severe head injury in the accident, police said, adding she was sent to Patong Hospital and was later pronounced dead.
The girl was with her parents during the ride on a songthaew, which is also called a tuk tuk in Phuket.
Police are conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of her death.
