2 Vocational High School Students Died After Being Dragged By The Lubuk Tongga Padang River Current, Bodies Found Stuck In Big Rocks

BPBD officers evacuate the bodies of victims who have drifted to Bhayangkara Hospital (ANTARA/HO BPBD Padang)

PADANG - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Padang City, West Sumatra today evacuated the bodies of two students from a vocational school in the local city that were swept away by the current of the Lubuk Tongga River, Balai Tongga Village, Padang City on Saturday, June 11.

The Head of Emergency and Logistics of BPBD Padang Basril said the team had started the search since Saturday afternoon and continued on Sunday morning at 07.00 WIB. Until 16:34 WIB, the team finally succeeded in evacuating two of the three victims who were swept away in the flow of the river.

He said the body of the first victim was Sadiah Tulfa (16) who was found one kilometer from the initial location when he was dragged by river water.

"We evacuated and took the body to Bhayangkara Hospital," he said in Padang, Antara, Sunday, June 12. Meanwhile, the second victim, Sintia Vita Loka (16) was found two hours after the body of the first victim was found in the middle of the river.

"Both of them were found wedged in a large rock and in a state of drowning and their bodies were still intact," he said.

The two victims are now with their families and health workers at Bhayangkara Hospital. For the third victim, Ikhsan Maulana (16) is still being searched and searched.

"We will continue to search and if the night will continue tomorrow morning starting from the location of the river to the estuary will be combed by joint officers. In accordance with the SOP, the search will be carried out for three days, but we are ordered to search for the next seven days to find victims," he said. he.

Previously, three students from a state vocational school in Padang City were swept away by the strong current of the Lubuk Tongga River, Balai Tongga Village, Koto Tangah District, Padang City on Saturday afternoon.

The report from the witness was initially that four students were going to swim in Lubuk Tongga and did not know the weather conditions would be heavy rain and make the river water discharge high.

The three students who were swept away were Ikhsan Maulana (16), Sintia Vita Loka (16), and Sadiah Tulfa (16).

Meanwhile, the witness who survived this incident and reported that his three friends were swept away was Aditya Nugraha (16). When they were about to swim, their three friends were swept away and the witness tried to save but was unsuccessful.

"This witness immediately reported to local residents and reported to BPBD Padang," he said.