A 24-year-old man progressive successful a tragic tubing mishap which killed a young woman took his ain life connected nan time of her funeral, DailyMail.com has learned.
Tony Dindia was allegedly driving nan alloy towing Kaileigh Seidel, 24, connected Willamette River successful Oregon on June 22 erstwhile they slammed into different boat.
Seidel, from Vancouver, Washington, died from nan effect astir 8pm and her family had been calling for manslaughter charges to beryllium brought against Dindia.
But a 2nd calamity struck earlier immoderate ineligible action could beryllium brought. Officers were called to Dindia's Sandy, Oregon, location to find that he had died connected July 14 - nan time of Seidel's funeral.
Seidel's relatives and Dindia's friends confirmed he had taken his ain life.
'It's very sad,' Seidel's aunt, Rachelle Hunsperger told DailyMail.com. 'Not nan benignant of justness we were hoping for. Now his family has to spell done what we are going through.'
Tony Dindia, 24, has taken his ain life aft he was progressive successful a tubing mishap connected June 22
Tony Dindia was allegedly driving nan alloy towing Kaileigh Seidel (pictured) connected Willamette River successful Oregon connected June 22 erstwhile they slammed into different vessel and she died
Seidel's friend, Millie Lovea, who was connected committee nan vessel and witnessed nan crash, remembered her arsenic personification who near 'a people connected nan hearts of others'. (Pictured: Lovea and Seidel together conscionable 3 hours earlier nan fatal accident)
Dindia's friend, Chase Tiffany, remembered him arsenic 'an astonishing man who was outgoing and adventurous'.
'Tony was a awesome personification to nan bone, I looked up to him and his accomplishments,' Tiffany told DailyMail.com.
'Tony will beryllium very missed by everyone that had nan grant to cognize him.'
Meanwhile, Seidel's family released hundreds of pinkish balloons successful her representation connected July 14 extracurricular Reign Church successful her hometown.
They were oblivious to nan truth that Dindia had besides died conscionable hours earlier.
Seidel's devastated friend, Millie Lovea, who was connected committee nan vessel and witnessed nan horrific crash, shared videos of nan gathering connected Facebook and remembered her arsenic personification who near 'a people connected nan hearts of others'.
'Her emotion for escapade and her zest for life were genuinely inspiring and that's what we were doing until nan very past infinitesimal connected that boat,' Lovea wrote.
'Kaileigh approached each situation pinch courageousness and grace, ever uncovering nan metallic lining successful moreover nan darkest of times.
'Her spot and resilience were a testament to her character, and she ne'er wavered successful her dedication to those she cared about.'
Dindia's decease came aft calls for an investigation into what happened connected June 22.
Dindia was driving nan alloy towing Kaileigh Seidel (pictured) connected nan Willamette River successful Oregon June 22 erstwhile they veered disconnected and she slammed into different boat
Seidel, from Vancouver, Washington, died from nan effect astir 8pm, constabulary said, and her family had been calling for manslaughter charges to beryllium brought against nan driver
Seidel's family released pinkish balloons successful her representation extracurricular Reign Church successful Vancouver, Washington, connected July 14. Dindia took his ain life nan aforesaid day
The fatal mishap besides came conscionable weeks earlier TV cook Naomi Pomeroy, 50, died while tubing pinch her hubby and friend successful nan aforesaid river.
Benton County Sheriff's Office confirmed Pomeroy's assemblage was recovered from nan h2o adjacent to Corvallis astir 8.25pm Saturday.
Seidel's friend Lovea described what happened connected June 22 successful nan contiguous aftermath, saying nan driver took a move excessively quickly.
She claimed Seidel was pleading pinch Dindia to slow down and thrust little erratically, but he didn't hear.
'My beautiful champion friend and I had conscionable gotten retired connected nan water, having what seemed for illustration a nosy time, erstwhile everything changed successful an instant,' she said.
'Seeing my friend wounded and emotion helpless is thing I can't shake. Making nan telephone to her family was moreover worse.
'I'm overwhelmed pinch guilt and sadness, wondering why things happened nan measurement they did.
'I support replaying nan events successful my mind, questioning what I could person done otherwise aliases amended to prevention her.
'Survivor's guilt is real, and it's thing I'm gonna transportation each azygous day.'
Officers were called to Dindia's Sandy, Oregon, location to find that he had died connected July 14 - nan time of Seidel's funeral
Seidel's relatives said they were saddened to study that Dindia, from Sandy, Oregon, had taken his ain life connected July 14 - nan time of Seidel's funeral
The vessel collision took spot connected nan Willamette River successful Portland, Oregon
The stream runs consecutive done nan halfway of Portland, nan biggest metropolis connected Oregon
Pictured: Lovea and friends astatine nan ceremony of Seidel's life connected July 14
'Survivor's guilt is real, and it's thing I'm gonna transportation each azygous day,' Lovea said. Pictured: Lovea (left) and Seidel (right) enjoying drinks pinch a friend
Photos Seidel posted earlier nan mishap showed nan duo smiling and laughing conscionable 3 hours earlier she was killed.
Seidel's aunt Rachelle Hunsperger, aft proceeding Lovea's account, said that nan driver should beryllium charged pinch causing her decease earlier Dindia's suicide.
Hunsperger told KPTV that Seidel was not usually 1 to worry, and if she was pleading pinch nan driver to slow down it must person been very dangerous.
'That conscionable seems truthful dissimilar her. She was ever like, let's go, let's person fun. If she was telling personification to slow down past she was astir apt scared,' she said.
'This was nary elemental accident. I consciousness that location is personification decidedly astatine responsibility and hopefully that comes out.'
Seidel's sister Aliyah besides deed retired astatine nan vessel driver, whom Seidel did not cognize well, for their alleged vulnerable conduct.
'She was truthful guiltless and taken truthful violently because of personification else's determination to beryllium reckless,' she told nan section news station.
'She was very spontaneous and she loved to person fun. She sewage invited retired connected a vessel and she had nary thought that that would beryllium nan past time of her life.'
Since nan tragic news of Dindia's decease emerged, Seidel's friends and family person said they were saddened by nan news of his passing.
Support tin beryllium recovered done nan Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling 988.