Excavator Officer Cleans Bukittinggi-Padang Watershed Water

The community together with the TNI and Polri evacuated a mini excavator operator who died in the Kelok Hantu river, Tanah Datar Regency, Thursday (25/4/2024). Between/HO-Polsek X Koto Iptu.

One heavy equipment officer died while cleaning the route to the Kelok Hantu River, Tanah Datar Regency, West Sumatra (West Sumatra), Thursday, April 25. The worker who carried out the excavator named Rasyid (60) carried out his duties to clean the main route of the Bukittinggi-Padang river. "The victim died, his body has been evacuated to Padang Panjang Hospital," said Head of Police Sector X Koto Iptu Rahmad Deddy in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Thursday, April 25, confiscated by Antara. He explained that the incident occurred when the victim was cleaning the lane under the river suddenly came in water. While trying to evacuate the foundation of the device, it was hit by a landslide so that the victim could not get out of the excavator submerged by river water. According to Iptu Rahmad, the incident was estimated at around 15.00 WIB, Thursday, April 25. He revealed that the victim was found dead and then evacuated by police officers along with residents.