SAR Team Recovers Bodies of Two Teenagers Who Drowned in Grobogan River

Semarang (ANTARA) — A joint search and rescue team has recovered the bodies of two teenagers who drowned in the Dukuh Ngambleg River in Tegowanu, Grobogan Regency, Central Java.

Head of the Semarang SAR Office, Budiono, said on Friday that the victims, Levi Hengki Kurniawan and Adi Aryaguna, both residents of Tanjungharjo Village in Tegowanu Sub-district, Grobogan Regency, were found at two different locations and times.

He explained that officers conducted a search for the victims, who had drowned on Wednesday (18 February), continuing through to Thursday (19 February) evening.

The body of Ady Aryaguna was recovered first on Thursday at approximately 9.15 pm local time.

“The victim was found approximately 3.5 kilometres from the location where he was initially reported missing,” Budiono said.

The search resumed and continued into the early hours of Friday morning.

The body of Levi Hengki Kurniawan was recovered at 1.30 am local time, at a point approximately 3.6 kilometres from where he was first reported missing.

The remains of both victims have been retrieved and handed over to their families.

The two 15-year-old teenagers were reported to have drowned whilst playing and bathing at the river’s edge. At the time of the incident, the current in the approximately two-metre-deep river was quite strong, causing the victims to be rapidly swept away.