Two workers drowned as boat flipped

The Jakarta Post | Sat, 12/27/2008 5:27 PM

Two men working for the state plantation company in Cilacap drowned on Saturday when the boat they were using to deliver 2,000 seeds of Sengon tree flipped due to a sudden rush of waves, Antara newswire reported.

The two workers have been identified as 50-year old Poniman and 48 -year old Sukarso, both are citizens of Donan sub-district, Cilacap regency.

Witnesses said that the incident occurred at about 9 a.m. and that they were heading to Jojok village, Kutawaru sub-district using a logistic transport boat made of fiberglass. Their boat flipped only 500 meters away from their company's port, the witnesses said.

A witness said he heard them crying for help but was unable to reach them in time.

As of the writing of this story, a search and rescue team had been deployed to find the bodies of the two workers. (and)