2 Passengers Of Tiny Boat Overturned By Waves Of Another Ship Found Dead In Kusan River

Illustration of joint SAR officers searching for victims of a sunken boat on the Kusan River, Tanah Bumbu Regency, South Kalimantan. (Between)

KALSEL - Two victims who drowned in the Kusan River, Kusan Hilir District, Tanah Bumbu Regency, South Kalimantan (Kalsel), were found dead.

"The drowning victims are Zunaide (66) and Syamsiah (77) residents of Kusan Hilir District," said the Head of the Tanah Bumbu Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Sulhadi in Batulicin, South Kalimantan, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, August 23.

He said that the unfortunate incident occurred on August 19, 2022 at around 14.00 WITA

The victim was on his way home from Pagatan Market using a ketinting boat or a small wooden boat.

When passing through the pier on the Kusan River, the ketinting boat they were traveling on was capsized by the waves due to another boat passing by.

Residents who saw the incident immediately tried to help with members of the Tanah Bumbu BPBD to search for victims by walking along the river.

The BPBD team, the community, assisted by the National Search and Rescue Agency, the Transportation Service, TNI, Pol Airud, Tanah Bumbu PKJR Volunteers, Firefighters, and Lazismu Volunteers together helped carry out the search along the river.

To help smooth the search, BPBD built a search post for drowning victims, and opened a public kitchen to serve joint officers during the search for victims.

"The victim can be found but is already dead, then we hand over the victim to the family for burial," said Sulhadi.