HULU SELANGOR: The body of another victim of the water surge tragedy at Sungai Luit, near the Sungai Pertak picnic site, was found near the Sungai Selangor dam.
This brings the number of victims recovered to six so far with two others still missing.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ashrul Riezal Asbar said the body of the unidentified victim was found at about 10.15am yesterday and taken to the Incident Control Post (PKTK) for further procedures.
He said the search and rescue operation started at 7am with several teams deployed according to sectors to expand the search area.
Ashrul Riezal added that their water rescue team was conducting searches in Sectors A and B, covering the stretch from Lata Jebus to the PKTK at the picnic site.
On Monday, eight people were swept away by strong currents with the first victim, a Malaysian man, found at 1.30am on Tuesday near the Pertak bridge, about 2.7km from the incident site at Lata Jebus.
Four other victims, all foreign nationals, were found later in the areas of Senget bridge and the suspension bridge.
Lata Jebus is believed to be the location where seven of the eight victims were swept away while the remaining victim is believed to have been swept away from an area near the picnic site.
Meanwhile, Ashrul Riezal, when met at the scene, said the victim’s body was found by the rescue team about a kilometre from the PKTK, Bernama reported.
He said the victim’s body was found floating near the riverbank after the rescue team used an aluminium boat to clear a pile of rubbish that had accumulated in the area.
The body was taken to Hospital Sungai Buloh for the identification process.
