MARCH 04, 2022
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Instagram/Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong
Almost a week after Thai TV actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong drowned in a speedboat accident, the truth of what exactly happened is slowly emerging.
On Feb 24, the 37-year-old went on a pleasure cruise along the Chao Phraya River on a speedboat with five companions. When she went to the back of the boat to relieve herself, she allegedly fell overboard accidentally.
She was not wearing a life jacket and her body was found two days later.
In a report published on March 3 quoting a police source, the Bangkok Post said Thai police have unearthed new evidence.
After tracing the boat owner Tanupat Lerttaweewit's phone, police discovered the man had allegedly consulted several individuals to ask for advice after Nida's fall. He admitted to an individual that one of Nida's companions, Phaiboon Trikanjananun, was steering the vessel at the time of the accident even though he didn't have a license to operate the speedboat.
Trikanjananun reportedly lost control of the vessel, which prompted Nida to grab another of her companions, Wisapat Manomairat, to avoid falling over, said a source from the Provincial Police Region 1.
Afraid that she would also be pulled into the river, Manomairat claimed she shook off Nida, who fell overboard. Her right thigh was sliced by a propeller blade, according to the source.
According to another police source, another passenger gave a different statement, saying the boat jerked suddenly, causing Nida to fall off.
One of the sources said the five passengers will likely face charges of negligence leading to death and giving false statements to the police. The investigations continue.
Instagram/Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong
Almost a week after Thai TV actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong drowned in a speedboat accident, the truth of what exactly happened is slowly emerging.
On Feb 24, the 37-year-old went on a pleasure cruise along the Chao Phraya River on a speedboat with five companions. When she went to the back of the boat to relieve herself, she allegedly fell overboard accidentally.
She was not wearing a life jacket and her body was found two days later.
In a report published on March 3 quoting a police source, the Bangkok Post said Thai police have unearthed new evidence.
After tracing the boat owner Tanupat Lerttaweewit's phone, police discovered the man had allegedly consulted several individuals to ask for advice after Nida's fall. He admitted to an individual that one of Nida's companions, Phaiboon Trikanjananun, was steering the vessel at the time of the accident even though he didn't have a license to operate the speedboat.
Trikanjananun reportedly lost control of the vessel, which prompted Nida to grab another of her companions, Wisapat Manomairat, to avoid falling over, said a source from the Provincial Police Region 1.
Afraid that she would also be pulled into the river, Manomairat claimed she shook off Nida, who fell overboard. Her right thigh was sliced by a propeller blade, according to the source.
According to another police source, another passenger gave a different statement, saying the boat jerked suddenly, causing Nida to fall off.
One of the sources said the five passengers will likely face charges of negligence leading to death and giving false statements to the police. The investigations continue.
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All 5 on boat with Tangmo face charges
Negligence leading to death rap awaits
PUBLISHED : 3 MAR 2022 AT 04:00
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A woman grieves at Pibul 1 pier in Nonthaburi near where TV actress Nida 'Tangmo' Patcharaveerapong is believed to have fallen to her death from a speedboat last Thursday night. Fans laid garlands at the pier in tribute. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)All five people on the speedboat with TV actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong when she fell overboard to her death last Thursday night will likely face charges of negligence leading to death and giving false statements to the police, according to a police source.
Her five companions were: Idsarin "Gatick" Juthasuksawat, Tangmo's manager; Wisapat "Sand" Manomairat; Nitas "Job" Kiratisoothisathorn; Tanupat "Por" Lerttaweewit, the boat owner; and Phaiboon "Robert" Trikanjananun.
Mr Tanupat and Mr Phaiboon have already been charged with operating an unlicensed vessel and negligence leading to death.
New evidence emerged when the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) traced Mr Tanupat's phone and found he had admitted to one of several people he consulted via phone that Mr Phaiboon was driving the speedboat when Nida fell off, a source at the Provincial Police Region 1 said on Wednesday.
Due to his lack of experience in manoeuvring the boat, Mr Phaiboon reportedly lost control of the boat, which prompted Nida -- who was in the back of the boat -- to grab hold of Ms Wisapat for fear she would fall into the river, said the source.
Afraid she would also be dragged into the river, Ms Wisapat claims she shook her legs, causing Nida to fall overboard, resulting in Nida's right thigh being hit by a blade of the boat's propeller, said the source.
The police will summon all five to face charges of negligence leading to death and providing a false statement to investigators, said the source.
Another source who is a member of the Provincial Police Region 1's team probing the Nida case, said Mr Nitas had given a conflicting statement about how the boat was operated that night.
He was the only witness who told investigators the boat jerked suddenly, causing Nida to fall into the river, said the source.
Mr Phaiboon was the only one who failed to attend the police's reenactment of Thursday night's incident, using a speedboat of the same model. He claimed he was suffering from high blood pressure, said the source.
In another reenactment, the police plan to take the exact same boat on the river to simulate the trip in exactly the same manner as it happened that night, based on the GPS record they retrieved from the boat, said Pol Lt Gen Jirapat Phumjit, head of Provincial Police Region 1.
The boat will run at the same speeds and on the same course as it did that night, and the investigators will test a claim by those aboard that they didn't hear any sound when Nida fell overboard, he said.
More DNA tests from samples collected on the boat will be handed to investigators soon and more witnesses will be questioned in addition to the 12 already interrogated, he said.
The phones of all six aboard the boat have been sent to the TCSD to find more clues, the second source said.
https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/tangmo-boat-companion-to-tell-truth-about-her-death-reports/
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