The 80-year-old Grandmother Was Found 5 Km From The Location Of The Sinking In The Ogan OKU River, Her Body Was Immediately Taken By Her Family

Illustration of the body of death (Pixabay)

The joint SAR team evacuated the body of an 80-year-old grandmother who drowned in the Ogan River, Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) Regency. The woman named Rukai has reportedly drowned since Wednesday, December 14, at around 04.30 WIB.

"The victim is a resident of Ulak Lebar Village, Ulu Ogan District, OKU Regency," said Head of the OKU Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Amzar Kristopa in Baturaja, South Sumatra (Sumsel), Wednesday, December 14, confiscated by Antara.

He said the elderly victim was known to have drowned by the swift current of the river while bathing in the Ogan River in the local village.

In conducting the search, his party deployed a team with complete equipment to follow the Ogan River.

"It's just that the search was hampered due to dark conditions because it was still at dawn, so the officers waited until the sun was rising," he said.

The victim's body was found dead with a pathetic condition five kilometers from the starting point of the drowning victim or to be precise in Dutch Village, at around 07.30 WIB.

"We found the victim stuck in a branch with a dead condition," he said.

After being found, he said, the victim's body was immediately taken by the family to be taken to the funeral home to be eaten properly at the local public cemetery.

"Currently, the victim's body has been handed over to his family," he said.

Related to this, he appealed to the public to be vigilant when doing activities in the Ogan River so that this incident does not happen again.

"Because the current of the Ogan River is very heavy, people must be careful when doing activities in the river so that the same incident does not happen again," he said.