Grandfather, daughter, grandchildren drown in Mun River

Anxious relatives and friends gather on the bank of the Mun River during the search for the missing family in Chumphon Buri district of Surin on Monday night. (Photo: Surachai Piragsa)

SURIN: Five members of one family, three of them children, have drowned while collecting sand from the bed of the Mun River in Chumphon Buri district.

Their bodies were found in water five metres deep and recovered on Monday night.