Missing Day, SAR Team Still Looking For Students Drowning In Kampar River

The search for Riau Caltex Polytechnic students who sank on Cinta Sungai Kampar Island on the second day, Sunday (4/6/2023). (ANTARA)

PEKANBARU - The Search And Rescue (SAR) team or the joint Riau Province Rescue and Rescue Search Team is still looking for the Riau Caltex Polytechnic students who drowned on the Cinta River Kampar Island on Saturday. "The joint SAR team has combed the flow of the Kampar River six kilometers from the location of the drowning victim, but the victim is still not found," said Head of the Pekanbaru SAR Office, I Nyoman Sidakarya, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, June 4. In addition to searching for victims along the river flow, the SAR team also conducted a 1 km land route on the banks of the Kampar River. The search for victims also involved SAR elements including Basarnas, BPBD, Tagana and Kampar people using rubber boats and motor boats belonging to the community. "The incident occurred at around 11.45 WIB in the afternoon. The student based on information from the victim and friends, senior victims were at the location to carry out camp activities around Pulau Cinta.

At 11.47 WIB, he said the victim was invited to take a bath by five seniors, but while in the river the six people were swept away by the current, and the victim could not save himself. Based on information from the local community, the victim drowned because the victim's hand was separated from the senior and then washed away and drowned. The drowning victim occurred at the coordinate point 0.923'03.0"N 101$25'13.3"E with a distance of 10.02 Km from the Pekanbaru SAR Office.