Tragic, Six-Year-Old Boy Dies Drowning In A Swimming Pool Disposal Channel In Garut

Residents evacuated the drowning victim because he was sucked in a swimming pool drain at the ANB Hotel, Pameungpeuk District, Garut Regency, West Java, Sunday (23/2/2025). (ANTARA/HO-Warga)

JAKARTA - Garut Resort Police investigated a child who died because he was sucked in by a sewer while swimming in the swimming pool in Pameungpeuk District, Garut Regency, West Java, Sunday.

Head of the Garut Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Adjunct Commissioner of Police, Joko Prihatin, said that his party had dispatched a team to conduct crime scene investigations (TKP) and investigations to find the cause of the disaster that befell the child tourists.

"We will investigate the incident," said Joko when contacted in Garut, Sunday night.

The accident that happened to Bagja Nurjaman (6) at around 10:00 WIB occurred when a visitor to the swimming pool at the ANB Hotel, Pameungpeuk District, Garut, was busy.

Acting Head of the Garut Police and Air Unit, Iptu Aep Saprudin, said that the victim died from drowning after his hand was attracted to the pool water drain.

"The victim's hand is stuck in the sewer," he said, quoted by ANTARA.

He said the incident began when the victim played with the slide, then swam in the pool one meter deep and suddenly his hand was pulled into the water channel, making it difficult to return to the surface.

The victim, who was difficult to evacuate, could not be saved and died. The victim's body was then taken to the hospital.

"The victim was tried to be saved, but the victim's condition was difficult to lift because he was stuck," said Aep.

The incident was recorded by visitors and then crowded on social media and WhatsApp conversation groups in Garut.

A number of tourists and other joint officers tried to help the victim, even some visitors tried to drain the water with makeshift equipment.