The Leicester City owner's helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground as it left the stadium following a Premier League match.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was in the helicopter when it came down at about 20:30 BST on Saturday, a source close to the family has told the BBC.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... er-stadium

Been up waiting on updates on this... no sleep in sight tonight. Still hoping vichai and his family are in some hospital fighting to make a comeback.

It s official. RIP :/

Leicester City helicopter crash: Eight-year fairytale ends in tragedy
29 October 2018
When a reclusive Thai billionaire took control of an ailing East Midlands football club in 2010, few could have predicted the fairytale that would follow.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha's death in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium capped a tragic end to a remarkable eight years.

On the football side, it included Leicester City's promotion from the Championship and peaked with the 5,000-1 outsiders' astonishing Premier League title win in 2016.

But Mr Vichai's contribution to the city went beyond what happened on the pitch.

During his stewardship of the club he donated £2m to the Leicester Children's Hospital charity, £1m to the Foxes Foundation for community causes and £1m to Leicester University's medical department.

Those generous gestures - as well as the club's success - led to the tycoon being hailed as part of the city's fabric.
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england ... e-46016290

Holy fuck what a name

In other news, the Sky is gray.

A smelly noisy English football ground . Not the location I would choose to spend my time if I was a billionaire .

The deceased was not so generous with his fellow countrymen according to some. His company was sued in a corruption case in Bangkok for not handng over 14 billion baht that it had allegedly agreed to pay out of its profits from its monopoly position in the airports. The case was thrown out earlier this year but only on the grounds that the person bringing it had no locus standi to bring the complaint.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... king-power

armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:07 am The deceased was not so generous with his fellow countrymen according to some. His company was sued in a corruption case in Bangkok for not handng over 14 billion baht that it had allegedly agreed to pay out of its profits from its monopoly position in the airports. The case was thrown out earlier this year but only on the grounds that the person bringing it had no locus standi to bring the complaint.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... king-power

Everyone living in Thailand knows he is corrupt as hell