Boat capsizes in Baleh, one missing and six saved

A man is missing after a boat capsized in Sungai Gaat, Kapit, while six others were rescued in the incident.

SIBU: A man is feared drowned after the boat he was on capsized in Sungai Gaat, Kapit near Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Nanga Balang yesterday evening.

A Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre spokesman said that the victim, Spielberg Dylan Sekunyir, 32, is missing while six other passengers who were on the boat managed to save themselves.

“Based on information from the victim’s friend, the boat capsized at about 6.15 pm when it hit a rock in the middle of the river.

“The six individuals managed to save themselves while the victim was seen drifting about 50 metres from where the boat capsized before disappearing from view,” they said in a statemen today, adding that the victim has yet to be found.

The department received a call at 9.26 am today and a team of firefighters arrived at 10.42 to conduct a search and rescue operation in a six kilometre radius from where the victim was believed to have drifted in.

The search was suspended at 3.30 pm due to rainy weather.