Banjir di Jakarta Tewaskan Dua Warga karena Tersengat Listrik
Two Flood Victims in Jakarta was Killed after Electric Shock
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Dua warga korban banjir di Jakarta Utara tewas setelah tersengat listrik di dua lokasi yang berbeda.
Kedua korban tewas yakni, Rahmat (60), warga RT 03/05 Kelurahan Pademangan Barat, Kecamatan Pademangan dan Supoyo bin Satimin (40), warga RT 04/01 Kelurahan Kebon Bawang, Kecamatan Tanjung Priok. Keduanya tewas saat mencabut steker listrik di dalam rumah.
Lurah Kebon Bawang, Makmun menuturkan, musibah yang menimpa warganya terjadi pada pukul 06.00.
"Saat itu ketinggian air di dalam rumah hanya semata kaki. Tapi ternyata saat akan mencabut steker, airnya sudah teraliri listrik," ujarnya.
Selanjutnya, korban sempat hendak dilarikan ke RSUD Koja. Namun, di tengah perjalanan, nyawa Supoyo tidak dapat diselamatkan.
Sedangkan korban bernama Rahmat, diketahui tersengat listrik sekitar pukul 06.00, di rumah saudaranya di RT 02/05, Kelurahan Pademangan Barat, Pademangan. Saat itu, dirinya hendak mematikan aliran listrik di rumah yang sedang ditinggal pemiknya.
"Jadi pagi itu dia ditelpon saudaranya untuk mematikan aliran listrik. Ternyata begitu dia masuk, air di dalam rumah sudah teraliri listrik. Padahal ketinggian air di dalam rumah pada saat kejadian hanya sekitar 30 sentimeter," kata Yudhi Dwi Dharma, Wakil Camat Penjaringan.
Jakarta (B2B) - The flood that inundates North Jakarta took the lives of two people.
Rahmat (60), resident of RT 03/05, Pademangan Barat Urban Village, Pademangan Sub-District, and Supoyo bin Satimin (40), resident of RT 04/01, Kebon Bawang Urban Village, Tanjung Priok Sub-District, died because of electrocuted when pulling out the power plugs in their homes.
Head of Kebon Bawang Urban Village, Makmun, said the incident happened to Supoyo occurred at 6 AM, Friday (1/17).
“At that time, water level in the victim’s house was only an ankle-high. But when he pulled out the plug, the water was already electrified."
He had been rushed to Koja General Hospital (RSUD), but we already lost him before reaching the hospital,” uttered Makmun.
As for Rahmat, he was electrocuted when about to turn off the electricity power in his brother’s house. He died instantly in place.
“So, that morning the victim was called by his brother to turn off the electricity power. But when he got in the house which inundated for 30 centimeters high, the water was already electrified,” told Deputy Head of Pademangan Sub-District, Yudhi Dwi Dharma.
