Climber Dies After Falling into Ravine
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Kamis, 1 Januari 1970 07:00 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Magelang - Bramantyansha (19), a university student at Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta University (UMY) from Bantul, died after he fell into a ravine when he climbed Mount Sumbing in Magelang Regency on Saturday.
Head of Magelang Search and Rescue Team (SAR) Heri Prawoto in Magelang said the victim, along with his four friends, at around 8 am climbed Mount Sumbing through Kaliangkrik lane in Magelang regency. At 1 pm, the victim reportedly fell down a rocky ravine that had a 10-meter deep river, he added
The report of the incident was then reported to their base camp in Yogyakarta. To follow up the report, as many as 11 people headed to the ravine through Post 2 to evacuate the victim.
At around 3:30 pm, a joint team consisting of the Semarang Basarnas (national search and rescue agencuy), the Magelang SAR, the Magelang disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI), the National Police and the people managed to evacuate the victim from the ravine.
Heri said that the victim suffered from wound in the back of his head. At around 6 pm after he was evacuated to the base camp, the victim was pronounced dead.
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