Sat, 20 Mar 1999

Student drowns in river

BANDUNG: Hendra Gunawan, 21, a student of Padjadjaran University's School of Geological Engineering drowned in Serayu River in Cilacap, Central Java, on Wednesday.

His body was found on Friday in Serayu, Purwokerto, some 60 kilometers north of Cilacap.

Geology lecturer Edi Sunardi told journalists at his office here on Friday that Hendra was on a field trip with 105 other students in Cilacap. Hendra was fixing a device on the edge of Dendala Rawalo Bridge when he fell to the swift river. (43)