A Pickup Car Falls Into The Sea, Three Passengers Found Dead

Officers evacuate one of the victims who was found dead after the pickup he was traveling in plunged into the sea/Photo: Antara

PADANG - Three passengers were found dead after the pickup plunged into the sea in the Barameh River area, Lubuk Begalung, Padang, West Sumatra (West Sumatra) on Sunday, May 30, at around 03.30 western Indonesia time.

"The three victims were found by joint officers at different locations and at different times, in a condition of death," said the Head of Operational Section of Basarnas Padang, Octavianto, in Padang, Sunday, May 30.

Quoted by Antara, he said the first victim was found not far from the scene on behalf of Johan (13), then other victims were found, Alexander Christ (14), and Perisman (14).

After being found and evacuated from the sea, the victim was taken directly to the hospital for a post-mortem.

The search for victims was carried out by joint officers from the Polairud Polda West Sumatra, Lantamal II Padang, Padang Police, PMI, and the local fishing community.

In conducting the search, officers have been combing the location of local waters by boat from Sunday morning until noon.

The three victims were among five passengers in a pickup car involved in an accident with a feroza jeep in the Barameh River area, Lubuk Begalung, at around 03.30 western Indonesia time before plunging into the sea.

Meanwhile, the pickup driver named Agustinus (41), and his brother Suki Artulo (60) survived after the pickup with the license plate number BA 8087 BY plunged into the sea from a height of about 10 meters.

On Sunday morning the feroza jeep was evacuated by the Padang Police Satlantas Law Enforcement Unit team, while the pickup truck was evacuated after it was successfully lifted using a crane from the sea.

Meanwhile, a team from the Padang Basarnas is still conducting searches in local waters to look for victims.