3 Tourists Guled By Waves At Paseban Beach, Jember On The Second Day Of Eid, 1 Person Died
Tourists from Gresik Regency were dragged by the waves of Paseban Beach in Jember Regency, East Java, causing one person to die while two people survived."The victim who died was Agung Setiawan (44), a resident of Bogoromadu Village, Kebomas District, Gresik Regency on the second Eid day," said Head of Emergency and Logistics Division of BPBD Jember Penta Satria in the local district, as reported by Antara, Friday, April 12.According to him, the victim and his wife, children and nephew initially visited Lebaran at his brother's house in Lumajang Regency. However, when he returned to Gresik Regency, he still stopped at Paseban Beach in Kencong District, Jember Regency on Thursday afternoon."Based on the family's information, the victim took his family to Paseban Beach because one of his sons had itching itching on his feet and hands, so he wanted to treat the child by bathing at Paseban Beach," he said.After arriving at Paseban Beach, he continued, the victim and his two children took a bath and not long after the waves on the south coast of Jember hit until the three people were dragged by the big waves."The Paseban SAR team made a rescue and the three victims who were dragged to the nearest health center, but one victim, Agung, was declared dead," he said.The body of the victim who died was washed at the Kencong Community Health Center (PKM) and immediately taken to the funeral home in Gresik Regency.Penta appealed to tourists not to swim and bathe in the middle of the sea because the southern coastal waves were still quite large and the Jember BPBD continued to monitor a number of south coastal tourist attractions.
"We have asked the management or tourism awareness group (pokdarwis) on the south coast to urge visitors to be careful, take care of children and not swim too far into the middle of the beach," he said.