2 Students Dragged By Flood In Lubuk Hitam Padang Found Dead

PADANG - The joint SAR team found the two students who were missing since Friday, March 26 afternoon, in a state of death. The two of them were dragged by the flood at Lubuk Hitam waterfall, Padang, West Sumatra (West Sumatra).

"The search has been started since this morning, and found two victims who are dead," said Head of Basarnas Padang Asnedi, quoted by Antara, Saturday, March 27.

The two victims were known to be UNP students, namely Parulian Manurung (21) who was male, and Della (21) was female.

After that the bodies of the two were immediately evacuated from the location and taken to the West Sumatra Regional Police Bhayangkara Hospital.

The Basarnas Team Commander in Padang Endra said that the first victim found on Saturday morning was Parulian Manurung at around 08.00 WIB.

The student's body which is located at Lubuk Buaya Padang was found about 300 meters from the missing point.

After that the officers continued their search until finally they found Della who came from Dharmasraya Regency at around 10.00 WIB.

With the discovery of the two victims, the three students who were declared missing since Friday (26/3) were completely found.

Because one other victim named Felicia Honesti (21) who came from Agam District was found dead on Friday night.

The three students were reported to have been swept away because they were dragged by a flood in the Lubuk Hitam waterfall, Bungus Teluk Kabung sub-district, Padang, West Sumatra (West Sumatra) on Friday afternoon.

Based on information gathered, the incident occurred when the victims visited the three-level waterfall tour with dozens of friends.

They climbed the waterfall from level one to level three.

It's just that when heading to the third level of the waterfall the water discharge suddenly rises (floods) due to rain in the upstream area, so the victim is dragged by the flow of water.

The search process was carried out by a joint SAR team consisting of Basarnas Padang, BPBD, police, Tagana, and the local community.