Chroy Changvar Bridge Continues to Attract Suicides

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:36 pm

Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: The Chroy Changvar bridge claimed another victim earlier today (2 March), after a 22-year-old man got drunk and had a fight with his brothers in Russey Keo district on 1 March 2019. The young tuktuk driver was reportedly upset after a family quarrel where he was blamed, and he decided to end his days by jumping from the Chroy Changvar bridge.

The man's body was picked up this morning and was sent to the Tuol Sangke pagoda for last rites. RIP.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 12:31 pm

Excellent article on the Cham fishermen, the heroes who save lives and recover bodies under the Chroy Changvar bridge.
April 12, 2019
The Chroy Changvar bridge ‘Angel’ stopping suicides
Originally built in 1963 with Japanese aid, the Chroy Changvar Bridge, also known as the Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge, collapsed in 1972 due to an attack by Viet Cong suicide bombers. It remained closed until it reopened in February 1994. The bridge later underwent renovations to ease traffic flow and on April 3, it was officially reopened again. But the 709-metre bridge that crosses the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh has a dark side to it, too. It’s the site of suicides, where people take their own lives by jumping off the bridge. Meanwhile, one fisherman, who lives near the bridge, has been trying to prevent these suicides – often risking his own life. Taing Rinith meets this unsung hero.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50595811/t ... var-angel/

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:35 pm

Phnom Penh, Cambodia Breaking News: An unexplained tragedy occurred when a 23-year-old second-year female student at Mekong University, living in a rented house in Sangkat Tek Thla, but originally from Kampong Thom Province, jumped from Chroy Changvar Bridge in Chroy Changvar district.
At 11pm on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, for reasons unknown, the young woman stopped her motorbike in the middle of the bridge and jumped into the river. There was much consternation among bystanders but they could not prevent the woman's act.

On the morning of June 27, the body had not yet been found. RIP.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:54 pm

Phnom Penh, Cambodia Breaking News: According to preliminary reports, a woman carrying a small boy about 4 to 5 years old was attempting to commit suicide by jumping from the Chroy Changvar bridge at around 4pm on 26 July 2019.

The woman was crying and clearly having a crisis, but fortunately there were many people around to prevent her action. Somebody called her husband who arrived to take the woman and child safely home.

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:04 am

The woman was crying and clearly having a crisis, but fortunately there were many people around to prevent her action. Somebody called her husband who arrived to take the woman and child safely home.

I will not comment on something I know nothing about.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 6:07 pm

Phnom Penh, Cambodia Breaking News: According to preliminary reports, a widow diagnosed with a debilitating illness (stomach cancer) jumped off the Chroy Changva bridge, causing the death and disappearance of the body. The incident occurred at about 12:30 pm on 4 October at the point on the old Chroy Changva bridge in Srah Chak commune, Daun Penh district.

The victim, Hennath, 43, was staying at a rented house in Trapeang Thleng village, in Chom Chao 2 commune, Por Sen Chey district, and she is a native of Prek Prab village, in Kampong Cham province.

According to reports, the woman stopped at the center of the bridge, suddenly leaving her bag and shoes, and jumped off the bridge into the river, causing a stir among the passersby.
According to the woman's daughter, Kheng Sreyla, 23, her mother left home on October 3 and was still missing, when at about 1 pm on 4 October, people told her that her mother had drowned herself on the Chroy Changvar bridge.

Authorities then contacted the daughter to pick up the personal effects left by her mother on the bridge. RIP.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sun Oct 06, 2019 8:14 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 6:07 pm
Phnom Penh, Cambodia Breaking News: According to preliminary reports, a widow diagnosed with a debilitating illness (stomach cancer) jumped off the Chroy Changva bridge, causing the death and disappearance of the body. The incident occurred at about 12:30 pm on 4 October at the point on the old Chroy Changva bridge in Srah Chak commune, Daun Penh district.

The victim, Hennath, 43, was staying at a rented house in Trapeang Thleng village, in Chom Chao 2 commune, Por Sen Chey district, and she is a native of Prek Prab village, in Kampong Cham province.

According to reports, the woman stopped at the center of the bridge, suddenly leaving her bag and shoes, and jumped off the bridge into the river, causing a stir among the passersby.
According to the woman's daughter, Kheng Sreyla, 23, her mother left home on October 3 and was still missing, when at about 1 pm on 4 October, people told her that her mother had drowned herself on the Chroy Changvar bridge.

Authorities then contacted the daughter to pick up the personal effects left by her mother on the bridge. RIP.

Sad news. The woman's body has been recovered from the river in Chbar Ampov district, Phnom Penh.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:11 am

Latest news says that the woman who jumped off the Chroy Changvar bridge two days ago had breast cancer and that she has left two surviving daughters as her only family.
RIP.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:48 pm

Cambodia Breaking News, Phnom Penh: Two people are reported to have committed suicide by jumping off Chroy Changva bridge in Phnom Penh today, 5 March 2020. Both victims were in their thirties.
This morning around 8am, a 34-year-old woman factory worker from Kampong Cham, with two children, put an end to her life by jumping from the bridge. Then at this afternoon, around 2pm, an unidentified man aged about 30 plunged into the water, and sank without a trace according to witnesses.
A tragic day. RIP.

showman · Post by **showman** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:37 am

Suicide barrier should be installed to make the action more challenging, it might discourage some and give other people extra response time to pull them back to life

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