Mystery over girl who jumped from bridge on Facebook Live

[snoop1130]

Mystery over girl who jumped from bridge on Facebook Live

By The Nation

 

 

It remains unclear if an 18-year-old girl, who was seen on a Facebook Live post jumping off Bangkok’s Rama 8 Bridge early on Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide attempt after a reported fight with her boyfriend, is dead or alive.

 

As of 4pm on Tuesday, police still couldn’t find her body.

 

The woman – later identified as Nitaya, with her last name withheld – was seen on a 2am Facebook Live post which she reportedly paid a man to film for her. 

 

Apparently intoxicated, she is seen singing a song about a break-up. She then climbed to sit on the bridge rail while drinking, then stepped outside the rail and jumped into the Chao Phraya River. The man who was shooting the scene with a smartphone, exclaimed in shock and turned off the Live post. 

 

Footage from a nearby CCTV camera also showed that the girl jumped off the bridge by herself.

 

Patrolling police responding to a report of attempted suicide found a bottle of alcohol, a phone and the woman’s ID card.

 

Police said the young woman, who seemed sad and had been crying, hailed motorcycle taxi driver Pataradanai Noomsrinart at Soi Nakniwat 30 to take her to the bridge. She paid him an extra Bt500 to stay with her and shoot the clip.

 

 He told police that Nitaya seemed upset about her love life but didn’t say anything about suicide. He said he saw her fall down and struggle in the water before sinking.

 

The young woman’s uncle by marriage, who was contacted by police, said Nitaya had left her Ranong home two years ago and the family had no current address for her. All they knew was that she had a boyfriend who worked in the computer field.

 

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[observer90210]

Sad and RIP to the poor girl, but cannot agree with her involving an innocent motorcycle taxi driver...a very wrong and a very bad thing to do.  But guess when one reaches such a state of despair, the mind just switches itself off.

 

Hope the motorcycle driver recovers fast from the trauma.

[Get Real]

Yep! Now everyone comes out to say RIP and that it´s a brave step to take.

Nope, This is the behaviour of an unstable person, that can´t control common sense and feelings in the proper and dignified manner.

[anon789561]

14 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Sad and RIP to the poor girl, but cannot agree with her involving an innocent motorcycle taxi driver...a very wrong and a very bad thing to do.  But guess when one reaches such a state of despair, the mind just switches itself off.

 

Hope the motorcycle driver recovers fast from the trauma.

really? i think he could have done more to stop her. anyway, if she died which i assume she did, then it was a terrible waste of life

[Krataiboy]

The role of the motorcycle taxi driver in aiding and abetting this young woman's tragic attempt to prematurely end her young life is questionable to say the least. Driving an emotionally volatile and drunk girl to a bridge and filming her as she climbed over the handrail and fell to her death is not exactly an act of responsibility, let alone chivalry.

 

What on earth did he think she was intending to do - and why did he, instead of trying to talk her out of it, act so apparently willingly as her accomplice? Assisted suicide, which this arguably was, is surely a criminal offence here as elsewhere.

 

Legality apart, what a sad reflection this story is on the kind of uncaring, dispassionate society we are creating in this, the Century of Self. 

[Jai Dee]

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[mitsubishi]

2 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

The role of the motorcycle taxi driver in aiding and abetting this young woman's tragic attempt to prematurely end her young life is questionable to say the least. Driving an emotionally volatile and drunk girl to a bridge and filming her as she climbed over the handrail and fell to her death is not exactly an act of responsibility, let alone chivalry.

 

What on earth did he think she was intending to do - and why did he, instead of trying to talk her out of it, act so apparently willingly as her accomplice? Assisted suicide, which this arguably was, is surely a criminal offence here as elsewhere.

 

Legality apart, what a sad reflection this story is on the kind of uncaring, dispassionate society we are creating in this, the Century of Self. 

If one had said no, she'd have found another, or just walked and not bothered with the video'd death song and jump.

[webfact]

Questions raised over cameraman’s role in Facebook Live suicide bid

By The Nation

 

 

The fate of an 18-year-old girl filmed jumping from a Bangkok bridge early on Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide attempt after a reported break-up with her boyfriend remained unknown on Wednesday.

 

And the motorcycle taxi driver who filmed her has not been charged with any offence pending further police investigations.

 

Pataradanai Noomsrinart claimed he didn’t know the girl’s suicidal intentions prior to the jump and thought she had simply hired him to give her a lift to the bridge. When she asked him to stay and shoot a Facebook Live post, he thought it just to “record the atmosphere”, said Boworn Mongkol Police Station superintendent Pol Colonel Wiradol Tabtimdee on Wednesday.

 

Pataradanai said he was the one to call the police and urge others at the scene to help after seeing the girl jump off the bridge.

 

The Facebook Live broadcast at 2am on Tuesday showed the apparently-drunk teenager singing along with a song about a break-up. She then climbed to sit on the bridge rail while drinking, then stepped over the rail and jumped into the Chao Phraya River.

 

The post has drawn criticism from social-media users asking why the man holding the camera didn’t try to stop the girl from jumping.

 

Among those critics was Kosolwat Indaruchanyong, deputy spokesman of the Office of the Attorney-General, who warned that anyone filming a suicide attempt could face a criminal charge.

 

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Kosolwat said: “Seeing the girl climb onto the bridge rail, listening to a heart-break song, you should have stopped her or pulled her back from getting across the rail. It’s a legal duty for a person to stop another’s action deemed dangerous to their life, but you just stood there shooting the clip. This can be a criminal offence punishable with a jail term for the person holding the camera or those just standing by without stopping a suicide attempt.”

 

Kosolwat was referring to the Criminal Code’s Section 374, which provides for one month’s jail and/or a fine of up to Bt10,000 for such an offence.

 

The girl’s body has not been found, and many are holding out hope that she has survived.

 

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[sawadee1947]

It's a tragic end of a young life. 

However you can't prevent a person committing suicide if this person want to do that step. 

There might have been signs before but ignored by friends and family. 

[Rhys]

Quite sad... RiP..