HELICOPTER FIREBALL
Leicester City owner-tycoon dies in crash
Leicester — Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a Thai tycoon, was among five people who were in a helicopter that crashed in a ball of flames after a Premier League match on Saturday, a source close to the club said. Also on board were one of Vichai’s two daughters, two pilots and a fifth person, whose identity was not immediately known, the source said on Sunday. There were no confirmed details on whether anyone on board survived, the source said.
Vichai, a father of four and the founder of duty-free giant King Power International, is a huge favourite with the fans after he bought the unfancied side from central England in 2010 and they went on to stun the soccer world by winning the Premier League title in 2016. In Thailand, officials at King Power said they could not yet comment on the crash or say whether Vichai had been aboard when it spiralled out of control and crashed about an hour after the game. The club has not commented on that publicly. The...
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