CHIANG MAI: The search for a Belgian man who fell from an inflatable raft into the Taeng River during heavy rain continued yesterday.
Chainarong Nantasai, chief of Mae Taeng district, coordinated the search effort, involving volunteers and divers, at the site in tambon Kuedchang as they looked for the man identified as Nicolas Hinckxt, 30.
Mr Hinckxt and his friends boarded a Siam River Adventures inflatable boat, operated by Panya Noibutr, 30, to go rafting along the river on Friday.
According to a preliminary inquiry, Mr Hinckxt fell from the boat after it struck a large rock near Mueng Keud village at about 2pm.
He was floating and still wearing his vest but could not get back on the boat, it said.
A rope was thrown into the river but Mr Hinckxt could not grab hold of it and was quickly swept away in the strong current.