SAR Team Expands Search Area For Lost Motorcycle Accident Victims In Kalimalang River

Rescue officers search for victims of a missing motorcycle accident in Kalimalang, East Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The search for Wahyu (28), a resident of Sukabumi who disappeared from drowning in the Kalimalang River, Central Cikarang District, Bekasi Regency, West Java, is still being carried out by a joint SAR team.

Head of the Jakarta SAR Office as the SAR Mission Coordinator (SMC) in SAR operations, Hendra Sudirman, said that until Monday, June 6, the search for drowning victims had not yielded results.

"The first team conducted a search using a rubber boat with a distance of 8 kilometers from the Last Know Position (LKP) or the last known position," said Hendra when confirmed by VOI, Monday, June 6.

Meanwhile, the second search team conducted a visual search of the route within 6 kilometers of the LKP.

"The third search team searched with the Underwater Search Device and Aqua Eye and continued to dive with a radius of 10 meters," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the joint SAR team was looking for a victim named Wahyu (28), a resident of Sukabumi. The victim was riding a motorcycle at the time of the incident.

Then the motorbike driven by the victim was involved in an accident until the motorbike entered the Kalimalang river.

"After receiving this information, the Jakarta SAR Office sent rescue personnel to the scene and carried out SAR operations on the victims," said Head of the Jakarta SAR Office as SAR Mission Coordinator (SMC) in SAR operations, Hendra Sudirman to VOI, Sunday, June 5. yesterday.