The SAR Team Is Looking For Teenagers Who Are Dragged In The Batanghari River

The SAR team is looking for a teenager who drowned/Photo: Antara

JAMBI - The SAR team from the Search and Rescue Office and the Regional Disaster Management Agency on Monday continued their efforts to find a resident who on Sunday, July 10, reportedly drowned in the Batanghari River in the Mersam area, Batanghari Regency, while crossing the river using a boat. Head of the JambiKornelis Search and Rescue Office said that the joint SAR team combed the river area to find a 16-year-old youth who drowned in the Batanghari River. "We will maximize the search on the second day so that the victim's body can be found," he said, quoted by Antara. The Search and Rescue Office deployed the SAR team to conduct a search after receiving a report regarding the sinking of a teenager in the Batanghari River section of the Batanghari River in the Kembang Paseban Village area, Mersam District. The swimming team was swept away by the current and drowned in the Batanghari River after the boat he and his friend used to cross the leaking river on Sunday, July 10. "On Sunday afternoon the Jambi Basarnas team headed to the location at 19.50 WIB with equipment such as a rubber boat (a rubber boat of 40 PK, truck rescue (stake truck), water rescue equipment, medical equipment, and communication equipment, and immediately conducted a search, but did not find any victims," said Kornelis.