Bridge collapses in Bogor, 10 people swept away

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 02/19/2012 2:33 PM


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At least 10 people fell into the Cihideung River and were carried away by a strong current in Ciampea, Bogor, West Java, after a bamboo bridge they were crossing collapsed on Sunday.

Search and rescue team coordinator Budi Darmawansyah said the victims were on their way home after attending a commemoration of Prophet Muhammad's birth at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture campus.

"The bamboo bridge collapsed when the residents were crossing it," Budi was quoted as saying by tribunnews.com.

The victims fell five meters into the river.

Another body found in Bogor bridge collapse

The Jakarta Post, Bogor | Mon, 02/20/2012 5:38 PM


Cihideung bridge, District of Ciampea, Bogor, West Java , collapsed on Sunday (19/2/2012). Tribunnews/Yogi Gustaman Rescuers say they have found a second body that was swept away by the Cihideung River after a bamboo bridge collapsed in Ciampea in Bogor, West Java, on Sunday.

“The body was found 15 kilometers away from the collapsed bridge,” National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement.

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two victims, Umamah, 45, and Tia bin Jamal, 10, and continue to search for six children who have been missing since the collapse.

BNPB Bogor office chief Nurhayati said that rescuers from the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), the Indonesian Military, the National Police, the Indonesian Red Cross and Bogor regency would continue the search for at least three more days.

"We can extend the search should we fail to find all the victims,” Nurhayati was quoted by tribunnews.com.