4 Car Victims Entered Abyss In Pakpak Bharat, North Sumatra Found, 3 People Still Wanted

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MEDAN - The joint SAR team continues to search for victims of the car crash in the ravine of the Pakpak Bharat Regency, North Sumatra.

On this day, the joint team again found one victim. A total of 4 victims have been found by the joint team.

Public Relations of the Medan SAR Office, Sariman Sitorus, said that the fourth victim found was female on behalf of Tata Agusnianti (22), a resident of Johan Pahlawan sub-district, West Aceh district. She is a student of STIKES Helvetia Medan.

"The victim was found at around 09.00 WIB this morning at the Kedabuhan waterfall, about 25 km from the scene," said Sariman, Thursday, December 16.

The joint team had difficulty evacuating victims. The victim was finally evacuated through the Sikelang Subulussalam tourist attraction at around 11.00 WIB.

"After the team and victims arrived at the Sikelang tourist attraction, the victims were immediately evacuated to an ambulance and taken to Subulussalam Hospital for further identification," he continued.

Previously, a minibus with license plate number BL 1537 EF fell into a ravine in Tanjung Mulia Village, Sitellu Tali Urang Jahe District, Pakpak Bharat Regency, North Sumatra on Sunday, December 12 at around 05.00 WIB.

The minibus was driven by Arman (51) carrying six passengers from Aceh to Medan City.

While at the location, the driver of the car who was suspected of being sleepy brought the car to the right side of the road and plunged into a ravine and into the Lae Kombih river. They were reported missing suspected of being swept away by the current of the Lae Kombih River.

The identities of the victims are Arman (50), Tata Agusnianti (22) a resident of West Aceh, Khairumi (22) a resident of West Aceh, Fitri Elfirati (26) an Acehnese, Arman Yusuf (51), Sudarsih (68) and Masdi (49). residents of Medan City.