Nine year old drowns in S. Sulawesi river

Nine year old drowns in S. Sulawesi river

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The body of a nine-year-old boy
named Yurmunandar was recovered on Friday after he had been swept
away by a strong current in the Je'neberang River in Gowa
regency, South Sulawesi.

His body was found by a fisherman at 12.30 p.m, approximately
three kilometers from where he had gone missing.

Witnesses said the accident began when the boy was playing on
Thursday under Sungguminasa Bridge with his six-year-old brother
Jaka, trying to catch a fish.

The two of them were apparently very busy looking for fish
when all of a sudden, a strong current came and swept both of
them out into the water. A local, who happened to be nearby,
immediately dove into the river to save the children. He saved
Jaka, but Yurmunandar was lost to the current.

The University of Hasanuddin's Search and Rescue (SAR) team,
the South Sulawesi Mobile Brigade SAR team and the Sulawesi
Rescue Team were deployed to the river to find Yurmunandar

The search began at 6 p.m., but did not find any trace of
Yurmunandar. At 12:30 p.m. the following day, a man who was
fishing found Yurmunandar's fully clothed body floating on the
river.

Yurmunandar was buried on Friday afternoon in Galesong,
Takalar regency. -- JP