5 the retired sailor Drive a riverboat to Amphawa The rapids are broken and hit the water tank. Swim and escape

5 the retired sailor Drive a riverboat to Amphawa The rapids are broken and hit the water tank. Swim and escape

At 10:00 p.m. on March 14, the Samut Songkhram Police Station received a report of a shipwreck in front of Wat Tai Hat, Tai Hat Subdistrict, Muang District, Samut Songkhram Province. Therefore went to inspect together with Mr. Direk Makthamkamnan, Tai Hat Sub-district Found a large mail ship Submerged at the pier in front of the Tai Hat temple. Sergeant Somsak Pungyod, 69, took over as a driver and 4 other friends of the same age narrowly flew to escape. And gradually unloading luggage onto the shore

From the initial investigation that Sergeant Eksomsak A former sailor After retirement to receive a repair of a wooden boat And fiberglass boats At Suphanburi Before the incident, I thought of my friends in Amphawa District. Therefore persuaded five old friends of the same age, 3 of them male and 2 women traveling by e-mail. Leaving Suphanburi Province on March 13, sailing along the Tha Chin River.

Stop to sleep overnight along the Tha Chin River at Sam Phran District. Nakhon Pathom Province Before leaving the Gulf of Thailand and wandering into the Mae Klong River And come to rest at the pier in front of Wat Tai Hat Temple When the evening Until around 22.00

While sleeping Suddenly the current blows, the bow of the boat strikes the pontoon forcefully. And the water flows rapidly. Causing the stern to stick to the ladder in front of the previous temples at the prow of the yacht and the pontoon until it breaks and the boat gradually sinks Mr. Somsak and his friends hurriedly grabbed as much luggage as possible. Jump in the water, swim to the shore, narrowly escaping.

Initially, the officer assumed that Sergeant Somsak May not yet get used to each other, the river flows in Mae Klong River Therefore not careful enough to survive the boat is not good enough When the river’s water rushes Causing the boat to crash against the pontoon and the dam in front of the temple, causing the boat to lose its footing until the water sinks into it Which the officer will investigate for the real cause further

However, Mr. Direk Makthamkumnan, Tai Hat Sub-district It gives information that the villagers in the area know that the area in front of Wat Tai Hat is sacred and very evil. Therefore believe Sergeant Ek Somsak And friends who come to stop for a break may have told or Do anything that makes things holy You whom you are not satisfied with Thus causing an accident this time Fortunately, no one was injured and died.