The Sad News Of The Lebaran Moment In West Pasaman, There Were 4 Tourists Who Drowned

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JAKARTA - Four visitors to two tourist attractions in West Pasaman Regency, West Sumatra (West Sumatra) were found dead on the second day of Eid, Tuesday (3/5). They allegedly could not swim so they drifted and drowned.

Head of the West Pasaman Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Headquarters, Rida Warsa, at Simpang Empat, Wednesday morning, May 4, said the four visitors were found dead on Tuesday afternoon.

"Tuesday night the four victims were at the funeral home," he said again quoted from Antara.

He said the three victims found at the Sikabau Beach tourist attraction, Nagari Parit, Koto Balingka District, were a man with the initials F (42), a student with the initials TY (28), and a farmer A (52).

Meanwhile, one student was found dead at the Ujung Gading tourist attraction, Lembah Melintang District with the initials RH (16).

He explained that the four visitors allegedly went on vacation to the two tourist attraction locations on Tuesday (3/5) afternoon.

It is suspected that at that time visitors were busy bathing and it is suspected that the victim drowned or drowned, so it was possible that the victim had cramps or the victim could not swim.

Search efforts were carried out by a joint team of Polri, TNI, Basarnas Pos Pasaman, BPBD, tourism awareness groups and the nagari government.

The victim was found on Tuesday afternoon or four hours after the victim was found missing.

PMI hopes that every group or committee that organizes tourism activities, especially water tourism which is considered risky, will form a safety team from local youth or tourism awareness groups (pokdarwis).

"We from PMI are willing to provide first aid knowledge and from Basarnas water rescue knowledge is ready to train them for free," he also said.

Moreover, he said, currently West Pasaman has many water-based attractions such as beaches, waterfalls, dams and even water booms.