Thread: Mystery over girl who jumped from bridge on Facebook Live

January 02, 2018
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.

Mystery over girl who jumped from bridge on Facebook Live

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

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.

For 500 Baht, no need to be bothered by a suicider, just doing what he was said...

Attention whore.

Originally Posted by Klondyke

For 500 Baht, no need to be bothered by a suicider, just doing what he was said...

The taxi driver should have stopped her doing it and taken her to the nearest police station. He just stands there filming. F@ing idiot!. He was the only one who could have saved this young girls life.

possibly one of the most disturbing clips I've seen.
Was the taxi driver arrested?
Did the girl, in fact die?

It's appalling.

Where are the police reports?

Just watching it again and there's something seriously wrong.
There's obviously a second camera being used.

Methinks one calls bull shit on this one.

we hope we're right.

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

January 03, 2018
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.

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

There's obviously a second camera being used.

indeed.

there is more to this than reported.

Originally Posted by taxexile

indeed.

there is more to this than reported.

Top notch investigative journalism from our friends at THE NATION.

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

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

Somebody had to scold The Nation that in the first report the Taxi's behaviour was not questioned (by The Nation). That's why the second report from 3rd Jan.

Survived? A 30 foot drop into cold water, currents, at night, she would have to be a good swimmer. I doubt she made it.

Here's what Rama 8 bridge is like, viewed from a boat.

So let me get this right, an upset girl is threatening to off herself and the people near by rather than trying to help get their phones out so they can stream her bungee jump without a rope live on Facebook. Some fucked up people around.

Originally Posted by buriramboy

So let me get this right, an upset girl is threatening to off herself and the people near by rather than trying to help get their phones out so they can stream her bungee jump without a rope live on Facebook. Some fucked up people around.

As usual you got it totally wrong, you prannock. What happened to you, man? You used to be just an idiot but now you're a full-on retard!

Originally Posted by DrB0b

As usual you got it totally wrong, you prannock. What happened to you, man? You used to be just an idiot but now you're a full-on retard!

Knowing you are my audience I post accordingly.

There was another shadow in the video as well as the taxi rider, no mention of that witness in any report...

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

A 30 foot drop into cold water, currents,

And how cold do you suppose that water is?

She more than likely landed on one of those huge barges that ply that water way and at this very moment is banged up on Ya-Ba havin a great old knees up.

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

hope that taxi motorcycle driver gets jail time for not stopping her from killing herself.

I disagree. He's a motosy driver, not the brightest of people and was paid 500 baht to do a video. With her prelude to actualy jumping, it's easy to imagine he had no idea she had suicide on her mind. Consider too the Thai disdain for safety, it's very probable that he innocently thought she was just doing a video for her own purposes and did not have an inkling she may jump.
Thick, but innocent.

I've got no idea what people are talking about when they say there were two cameras. Was the video edited? No. At one point she took the phone from him, then gave it back.

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

There was another shadow in the video as well as the taxi rider, no mention of that witness in any report...

I saw another shadow too but it I didn't see it move at all so I don't think it was another person.

A disturbing way of quitting life for someone so young. RIP.

The driver is an idiot who has a v low IQ or has no conscience.

[QUOTE=GracelessFawn;3690015]A disturbing way of quitting life for someone so young. RIP.

The driver is an idiot who has a v low IQ or has no conscience.[/QUOTE

Allowing a drunken youth to even climb over the rails, shows that the taxi driver is an imbecile. He should be prosecuted for not intervening sooner. TiT.