• Thai owner’s helicopter crashed on Saturday night
• Vichai bought Leicester City in 2010
Leicester City’s owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, died in the helicopter crash outside the club’s stadium on Saturday, it was confirmed on Sunday night by the club.
He was one of five people killed – all onboard the helicopter – when the accident occurred around an hour after the club’s draw at home to West Ham United. The Thai owner’s helicopter crashed near a car park by the south-east corner of the stadium shortly after taking off from the pitch at around 8.20pm.
Written by Jacob Steinberg and Alexandra Heal
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/28/leicester-city-owner-dead-helicopter-crash-vichai-srivaddhanaprabha under the title “Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Leicester City owner, confirmed dead in crash”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
