JAKARTA - The Basarnas SAR team is searching for a 12-year-old boy who was swept away while bathing with his friends in the Batanghari River, Tebo Regency, Jambi.
"The victim who was swept away was named Agil Berkah Wijata (12) who was lost in the fast-flowing river in Tebo Ulu. Currently, the SAR team is still searching for the location of the incident," said Basarnas Jambi Public Relations Officer Lutfhi in Jambi Sunday.
The incident began at 17.00 WIB, Saturday (18/4), Agil was bathing in the river with his friends. It is suspected that the strong current of the river caused the victim to be dragged and drowned. Local residents had made an independent search effort, but until the report was received, they had not been found.
At 19.00 WIB, a team from the Bungo SAR Post received a report that a boy had drowned in the Batanghari River, Bungo Tanjung Village.
Following up on the report, a Search and Rescue Unit (SRU) consisting of seven personnel from the Bungo SAR Post was dispatched to the location at 19.18 WIB. With an estimated journey of 2.5 hours, the team is expected to arrive at 21.48 WIB to immediately coordinate and conduct a search.
This SAR operation involves the combined elements of the Bungo SAR Post, BPBD Tebo Regency, Tebo Ulu Police, and local residents.
The SAR team deployed supporting facilities, including rescue cars, landing craft rubber (LCR), medical equipment, communications, evacuation, and thermal drones to assist in the search at the scene.
He said that the weather conditions around the location were reported to be cloudy. The main focus of the SAR Team was to comb the area around the victim's drowning point to speed up the evacuation process. Until this news was released, the team was still combing the river.
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