Bridge Collapse Incident in Jambi, Two Workers Missing

Two men were reported missing after falling into a river along with part of a pier-like section of a dock bridge that collapsed in Sungai Landak Village, Senyerang District, Tanjungjabung Barat Regency, on Jambi’s east coast, on Wednesday afternoon (20 May). The two victims, whose identities were not yet known, were still being searched as of Wednesday evening by the USS Tungkal Search and Rescue Team together with TNI-Polri personnel and local residents in the fast-flowing Limau River. According to a release from the Jambi Office of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), the victims were working at the time welding a section of the bridge. Tragically, at around 11:15 WIB on Wednesday afternoon, the bridge section under construction suddenly collapsed into the river along with the two victims. Head of Basarnas Jambi, Adah Sudarsa, confirmed the incident. He said Basarnas received the emergency information at around 13:02 WIB through a resident named Budi Akmaludin. In response, the USS Tungkal Rescue Team was immediately deployed to the scene, located about 50 kilometres from Kualatungkal, roughly a two-hour journey. As of Wednesday evening, the two victims remained missing and were being searched by six personnel from the USS Tungkal Rescue Team alongside TNI, Polri and several local residents at the scene.