Wash Your Hands In The Kalimalang River, A Child With Disabilities Lost By The Flow

The Rescue Team is looking for the whereabouts of a 15-year-old boy with a disability who is missing in the Kalimalang hangout stream, East Jakarta/ Photo; Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - HM, a minor with disabilities reportedly swept away in the Kalimalang river, Jalan Laksamana Malahayati (Jalan Raya Kalimalang), Jatinegara, East Jakarta, Thursday, July 7, noon. Until now, the 15-year-old boy is still being searched for by officers from the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept.

From VOI's observation at the location, as many as 4 rescue officers are still searching for HM victims using rubber boats by following the Kalimalang River.

Head of Ops for East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Gatot Sulaeman said his members had been dispatched to the search location to find the drowning victim with the initials HM (15), a resident of Jalan Prumpung Sawah, North Cipinang Besar.

"Initially the victim was playing on the edge of Kalimalang. The victim sat on the edge of Kalimalang, wanted to wash his hands. Then the victim fell," said Gatot in his statement, Thursday, July 7.

Feeling that something was wrong, HM's family and neighbors were looking for the boy's whereabouts. The witness at the scene saw the boy on the banks of the Kalimalang river.

"The family finally reported this incident to the Jatinegara sector fire. We have deployed 8 personnel to the location. Currently, the search is still in progress," he said.

Hingga berita ini ditulis, petugas Gulkarmat Jakarta Timur masih melakukan pencarian korban. Sementara warga dan pengendara yang melintas di lokasi ikut melihat proses pencarian korban.