Three more victims found after boat accident<\/p>\n
Kasparman, The Jakarta Post, Padang, West Sumatra<\/p>\n
The number of victims from a boat accident on Sunday morning
\ntotaled seven as three more bodies were found on Monday in the
\nBatang Anai river. Of a total 12 passengers, all but one of whom
\nwere students at a Padang-based nursing academy, three are known
\nto have survived so far and two are still missing.<\/p>\n
Antara reported that police have detained the boat's helmsman,
\nAdrizal. He was quoted as saying that the boat capsized shortly
\nafter one of the students stood up to take pictures after the
\nboat was some 10 meters from the shore. Adrizal, who claimed he
\nhad warned the students beforehand, said he managed to rescue
\nthree survivors -- Aria Anwar, 21, Roskian, 24, and Silvia
\nSandra, 21. He then swam to the shore to take another boat but
\nthe victims had already disappeared in the water.<\/p>\n
The boat had capsized amid strong currents and unexpected
\nrapids in the four-meter deep river.<\/p>\n
During Monday's search the body of Ernita Anwar, 18, was
\ndiscovered at around 1 p.m. after earlier locating the remains of
\nDessi Amsiawati, 22, and Alex Sahid Wadi, 21. Ernita, or Een, was
\nthe only high school student. The search has been hampered by
\nrainwater and runoff from upland areas, apart from the murky
\nwaters and riverbank mangrove forest.<\/p>\n
The two missing victims are Zul Hendra, 21, and Junainah Kado,
\n21. Head of the search and rescue team, Dedek Nuzul Putra, said
\nthe search would continue for another three days.<\/p>\n
\"We hope the temperature will remain high so the victims'
\nbodies will float,\" Dedek said.<\/p>\n
The students had aimed to go to the White Sand Beach resort
\nnear Central Koto subdistrict.<\/p>",
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