Joint Team Finds 11 Victims Of Shipwreck In West Sumatra's Sipora Strait In Safe Condition

The joint search team consisting of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Basarnas, and other relevant agencies managed to find all the victims of the shipwreck in the Sipora Strait, Mentawai Islands Regency, West Sumatra (West Sumatra).

"Alhamdulillah, all 11 victims have been found safe," said Acting Head of BPBD of Mentawai Islands Regency, Lahmuddin Siregar when contacted in Padang, Antara, Tuesday, July 15.

The victims were found safe after swimming using buoys and makeshift equipment after the ship they were traveling in sank.

The victim was found at several points such as Guluk-Guluk Hamlet, Mapinang Hamlet, and is currently gathering in Pasapat Hamlet.

"The last victim was found by a joint SAR team in Mangaungau Hamlet," he said.

When found, the victims were in unhealthy condition so they needed intensive care from the medical team.

The plan is for the search team to take all victims to the district capital in Tuapeijat. The distance from the location of the victim's discovery to the district capital is estimated to take about 3.5 hours by ship.

"We have alerted the ambulance at the dock so that when they arrived they were immediately taken to the hospital," said Lahmuddin.

The ship carrying 18 passengers sank around the Sipora Strait on Monday afternoon (14/7) at around 11.00 WIB. The SAR team suspected that the ship accident occurred due to bad weather that hit the waters of the Mentawai Islands Regency.

Pihak berwenang mengimbau masyarakat untuk tidak menyebarkan identitas korban secara luas dan menunggu informasi resmi dari tim pencarian dan keluarga.

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Authorities appealed to the public not to spread the identity of the victim widely and wait for official information from the search team and their families.