BANGKOK, Oct 29 (TNA) – Leicester City’s owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was confirmed among five people, killed in the helicopter crash outside the club stadium on Saturday, the club said.
The blue chopper took off from the pitch one hour after the end of Leicester City’s game against West Ham United. It crashed in the stadium’s car park and burst into flames.
The four other victims are two members of Vichai’s staff, Nursara Suknamai, a runner-up Miss Thailand Universe 2005 and Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and passenger Izabela Roza Lechowicz.
The club statement said the primary thoughts of everyone at the club are with the Srivaddhanaprabha family and the families of all those on-board at this time of unspeakable loss.
“Leicester City was a family under his leadership. It is as a family that we will grieve his passing and maintain the pursuit of a vision for the club that is now his legacy.”
After the tragedy, hundreds of fans laid flowers and football shirts and scarves outside the stadium to pay tribute to Vichai.
The owner of Thailand’s King Power duty-free empire bought Leicester City in 2010. Under his ownership, Leicester beat odds of 5,000/1 to win the Premier League title in 2016. (TNA, Agencies)
