"The dead woman was found in Widang, Tuban, on Wednesday at 7 am," Kalitidu police chief Ajunct Commissioner Widjianto said Wednesay..
He said he still has no idea about the identity of the victim found 60 kilometers from the spot where the boat sank. The dead body in on its way to Bojonegoro for identification, he added.
The five victims still missing are Yana Oktaviani (15), Veti Maya Nurhidayah (15), Sri Parti (16), Ketut Arisanto (30) and Darsini (40).
Earlier, Darsih (35), of Padang village, Trucuk sub-district, was found dead several hours after the accident. Another day afterwards, the dead body of Nurin Nikmah (16) was found floating in Bengawan Solo in Menilo village, Soko sub-district, Tuban, on Tuesday at 6 pm.
An hour later the dead body of Nurul Wijayanti (16) was found in Sranak village, Trucuk sub-district, followed by Agus Priyanto (35) near the Kalikethek bridge in Banjarsari village, Trucuk sub-district.
"Search for the still missing four victims was continued by the SAR team involving the local people," head of the Bojonegoro Disaster Mitigation Agency Kasiyanto said.
The search for the victims was continued by 125 members of the SAR team fitted with 13 rubber dinghies. A ferry boat with 32 passengers on board went down the Bengawan Solo in the ferry route in Padang village, Trucuk, on May 2, but 23 passengers survived, five drowned, and four others still missing.
When contacted on a different occasion, an official of Padang village, Trucuk sub-district, Rumasih said the dead bodies of Nurin Nikmah and Nurul Wijayanti had already been claimed and taken by their relatives from the Sodorodjati Koesoemo hospital this morning, and buried at the local cemetery.
The body of Agus Priyanto was buried in the public cemetery in Ngablak village, Dander sub-district south of Bengawan Solo, he said.
(Uu.H-NG/A014)
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