KUALA KUBU BARU: A total of 34 people from four separate groups were at the Sungai Pertak picnic area in Kampung Orang Asli Pertak when a water surge struck yesterday afternoon, sweeping away eight people while 26 others survived.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Datuk Wan Md Razali Wan Ismail said seven of those caught in the current were from a group of 14 people at the site.
"The seven that were swept away included a 36-year-old local man," he said in a statement today.
Wan Md Razali said the eighth victim was a 20-year-old Yemeni man from a group of five.
