Cengkareng Resident Dies On Mount Merbabu Boyolali, Ambruk After Rest At Post 2

A member of the police along with a friend of the victim while waiting for the body at the Pandang Charcoal Hospital, Boyolali, Saturday (8/10/2022). ANTARA/HO-Humas Boyolali Police.

JAKARTA - Andreas Jonson (35), a resident of Cengkareng, died on Mount Merbabu. When crossing post 2 after resting, Andreas suddenly collapsed.

Andreas reportedly died while climbing Mount Merbabu on Friday, October 7 at around 21.30 WIB, said Head of the Public Relations Section of the Boyolali Police AKP Dalmadi, Saturday, October 8, as reported by Antara.

The body of the climber from West Jakarta has been successfully evacuated by the SAR team. Then he was taken to Pandan Charcoal Hospital, Boyolali for post-mortem.

The chronology of the dead climbers began with a group of six climbers, including the victim climbing through the door of Tarubatang Village, Selo, Boyolali, Friday at around 15.00 WIB.

The six climbers arrived at Post 2 of the Mount Merbabu hiking trail, then four people continued their way first and the victim and one friend were still at Post 2.

The victim and one of her friends, because of the rainy situation wearing a raincoat, continued their journey.

The victim's position in front of his friend was about one meter. However, after walking about 100 meters from Post 2 immediately fell on his back as if he couldn't breathe.

One friend of the victim who was walking behind immediately helped, and the victim's friend shouted for help and came another climber who was still below to provide assistance by providing eucalyptus oil on the victim's body.

However, the victim had no reaction at all and then came from the health office to check and provide more help, and still there was no reaction until the Ranger volunteer team (SAR) arrived, then the victim was evacuated and taken to the Selo Health Center, Saturday morning.

The victim was then examined by the health team at the Selo Health Center, but the victim was declared dead.

The victim was then taken to the Pandan Charcoal Hospital, Boyolali. From the post-mortem results at the Boyolali Hospital, there were no signs of external injuries and waiting for the victim's family.

"We have coordinated with the victim's family in Jakarta, stating that we do not want the victim to be autopsied and the family is on their way to Boyolali," he also said.