The Road On The Railroad Bridge, The Elderly Fell Into The Tambora BKB River

Search for elderly drowned in the Tambora West Jakarta BKB river/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - An elderly man named Priyanto (57) was declared missing and drowned when he fell into the Ciliwung River, West Flood Canal (BKB), Tambora District, West Jakarta.

The victim fell while walking along the railroad bridge and then fell and hit the wall of the road divider. The case was then reported to the rescue team at the Jakarta SAR Office for a search on Thursday night, November 17.

"We and the joint SAR elements have carried out maximum search efforts since Thursday night using complete water SAR equipment," said Head of the Jakarta SAR Office as SAR Mission Coordinator (SMC) in the SAR operation, Fazzli when confirmed by VOI, Friday, November 18.

Efforts to search for victims since Thursday night have been divided into 3 areas with different teams. The first team made an effort to search using rubber boats along the Ciliwung River up to a radius of 1 KM.

The second team conducted a search effort by visually sweeping through land routes along the floods of the west canal to a radius of 1 KM.

"The third team will conduct a search below the surface of the water using Aqua Eye and Underwater Searching Device and dives if conditions allow," he said.

Joint SAR elements were deployed in the search effort tonight consisting of the Jakarta SAR Office, Tambora Police, Gambir Police, DKI Jakarta BPBD, DKI Jakarta Damkar, Satpol PP Kec. Tambora, RIT, RETKAR, KORGAD rescue, Baznas Disaster Response, IEA, AGD, and the community.