Tourists From Bandung Died Drowning On Pangandaran Beach

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PANGANDARAN - Head of the Water and Air Police Unit (Satpol Airud) of the Pangandaran Police, AKP Sugianto, explained that tourists from Bandung Regency, West Java who drowned while swimming on the West Coast of Pangandaran, Pangandaran Regency, West Java.

"The victim died in a marine accident, drowning because he was too in the middle while swimming on the West Coast without wearing safety equipment," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, June 30.

The accident happened to a tourist named Aep Saepudin (46), a resident of Majalaya District, Bandung Regency who was traveling and then swimming at Pangandaran Beach, to be precise at the West Coast in front of the Pondok Seni Hotel, Friday morning.

The results of the field inspection, he said, were because the victim swam too into the middle of the ocean, then not accompanied by safety equipment to swim until he finally drowned.

"The location is indeed allowed to swim, only this victim swam too far, and did not use a swimming safety tool," he said.

From the results of the examination of a number of witnesses, the victim and his family's entourage swam on the West Coast.

The victim's family, said Sugianto, had several times told them not to swim too far into the middle of the ocean, but he ignored the warning until the victim screamed for help because he drowned.

A number of other tourists tried to help the victim and were then successfully evacuated to the beach, then taken to the Pandega Regional General Hospital (RSUD) until the doctor stated that the victim had died.

"Other visitors helped the victim to the coast and then the victim was immediately taken to Pandega Pangandaran Hospital. The victim was declared dead by a doctor at Pandega Pangandaran Hospital," he said.