Three killed in boat accident

Three killed in boat accident

PALANGKA RAYA, C. Kalimantan: A speedboat carrying 13 people
including its skipper sank in the Kahayan river, 45 kilometers
northeast of here, Thursday, killing three people on board.

The search and rescue team has found three bodies identified
as Ester (35) Nely (32) and Indu Yosep (36), Antara quoted the
local transportation office's deputy head, H.M. Pharhusif, as
saying yesterday.

Two passengers, Gagu (32) and Tonel (6), were seriously
injured, while eight people including the skipper, Korin (33),
sustained minor injuries. They were all taken to the Dr. Doris
Sylvanus hospital here.

The accident happened after the lowest part of the boat,
Kahayan Permai, hit a log on the riverbed and collided with
another boat on the river.

With the current dry season in Indonesia, most rivers have
become shallow.

The speedboat was on its way from Plamboyan pier in Palangka
Raya to Sepang Simin district in Kapuas regency when the accident
happened.

Last week, at least 15 people died in Kapuas Murung River in
Central Kalimantan after their boat hit a bridge post and sank.