Slipping In Lake Pamulang When Taking His Friend's Jacket, Man From Leuwiliang Bogor Disappeared

Capture the video screen of the search for drowning victims in Lake Pamulang, South Tangerang

SOUTH TANGERANG Member of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Tangsel City is looking for a teenage boy who drowned in Lake Tujuh Muara, Jalan Salak 5, Pondok Benda, Pamulang, Tuesday, June 20. It is known, the victim with the initials G with the age of 26 who lives in Leuwiliang, Bogor, West Java.

Head of the Emergency and Logistics Division of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of South Tangerang City, M Faridzal Gumay, explained that his party received reports of missing people in the lake at around 00.38 WIB.

Information can be found that the victim drowned while helping his friend to get a jacket on the fence on the setu bank. It is suspected that the victim slipped and fell into the lake.

"When he wanted to take a jacket on the bamboo fence that stretched across the setu, then suddenly the victim drowned and asked for help but was not found until now," Faridzal told reporters, Tuesday, June 20.

Until this news was published, South Tangerang BPBD officers were still searching for the IG. The search was carried out using two methods. The first method, the joint SAR team followed the location where the victim was first reported to have drowned.

"The second method uses a rubber boat by walking along and also the water blending method," said Faridzal.

"As of 09.09 WIB, the victim has not been found and is still in the process of being searched by joint SAR TEAM officers," said Faridzal.