Dad, mum die saving their children from drowning

Rescue volunteers search for the couple who drowned while saving their children at a dyke in Khao Chai Son district of Phatthalung province on Sunday. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)

A couple drowned Sunday trying to save their daughter and son at a dyke in Phatthalung province.

Pol Lt Col Klao Polnui, a Khao Chai Son police chief investigator, said the incident occurred at about 5pm at the dyke across a stream near Moo 3 village in tambon Khuan Khanun of this southern province.