Transporting Clean Water Home, 3 Boat Passengers Lost In Barito River

North Barito BPBD personnel prepare to search for three passengers on a motorboat that went missing on the Barito River, Buntok Baru Village area, Central Kalimantan. (Between)

KALTENG - Joint SAR officers continue to search for three passengers on a motorboat or kelotok ces who were reported to have drowned in the Barito River, Buntok Baru Village area, South Teweh, North Barito, Central Kalimantan (Central Kalimantan).

Head of the Emergency and Logistics Division of the Barito Utara Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Rizali Hadi, said the joint SAR of the police, police and residents carried out a search around the scene.

"Today, the Palangka Raya Basarnas team plans to leave for Muara Teweh with equipment to participate in the search," said Rizali, quoted from Antara, Thursday, August 25.

The three disappeared on Wednesday, August 24 at around 18.00 WIB while transporting clean water from a spring between the villages of Buntok Baru and Butong. The boat carried four people.

One of the motorboat passengers, Ikhsan Maulana Lestaluhu (22), tried to swim to the river bank and then received help from residents. However, the other three boat passengers have not been found.