Deer chase turns fatal

Deer chase turns fatal

JAKARTA (JP): The manager of the Medan zoo and one of his employees drowned in the Deli River while chasing a deer that escaped from its enclosure on Thursday, Antara reported yesterday.

The bodies of 30-year-old Yusfiter Perangin-angin and 25-year- old Darma were found by a search team on Thursday night after other employees of the zoo reported that they had been gone for hours.

The two men were found holding hands, an indication that they were trying to keep afloat in the river, according to local police.

The deer was believed to have jumped over the fence and then cross the river, the news agency said. (emb)