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NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Two foreign divers relying on a GPS to guide them back to Phuket took an unplanned plunge when a flash flood swept their vehicle off a back road in Thung Yai district and into a canal on Thursday afternoon.

Both men are diving instructors and one took part in last month’s rescue of 12 young footballers and their coach from flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.

The pair were named in media reports as Seetoh Yiyu, a Singaporean national, 37, and a Danish national identified only as Claus, 45. Diving gear was found in their vehicle.

The Danish diver was a member of the international rescue team at Tham Luang.

About 100 rescue workers, soldiers and local residents rushed to help and laboured for about two hours to pull them and their vehicle, a 4-door pickup truck with Bangkok licence plates, from the canal.

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