A series of facts about the Cipali toll road accident, which caused the death of 10 people according to the family stories of the victims

KOMPAS.com- A fatal accident occurred at Cipali Highway Km 78 + 500 in Purwakarta Regency on Monday (11/30/2020) morning.

As a consequence of this successive accident, up to 10 people died.

The dead passengers were a group of residents heading to Central Java.

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Chronology

West Java Police Traffic Director Kombes Eddy Djunaedi said the collision involved three vehicles, namely two Trontons and an elf.

Initially, an Elf vehicle with police number G 1261 came from the Jakarta to Cirebon direction.

However, upon reaching Km 78 + 500, the elf crashed into the tronton with police number R 1857 GC in front of it.

Trontoon’s truck came to a sudden stop due to an engine failure.

“So the first tronton truck suddenly stopped due to the engine, after the second tronton truck crashed, then it was Elf who hit it,” Eddy said.

When the accident happened, the weather was drizzling.

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10 people died

As a result of this collision, 10 people were declared dead. They are the drivers and passengers of the elves.

A total of eight people died at the scene of the accident.

Meanwhile, the other two died while manipulating them.

“Eight people died at the crime scene, two people died at the hospital, 1 was slightly injured and 1 was seriously injured. All of these dead victims came from Elf,” Eddy said.

Of the total dead, eight of them have been identified.

It is about Kiswoyo (47), a resident Elf driver of Pemalang; and Ehwan Setiawan (43), a Pekalongan resident; as well as the passengers, namely Afrizal (45) from Tanah Datar, Vina (25) from Pekalongan, Sumitri (60) from Pemalang, Saepudin (41) from Pekalongan, Sudirjo (46) from Pemalang and Rasbowibowo (55) from Pekalongan .

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Shattered elf

Reporting from West Java Tribune, the severity of the impact caused the elf’s car to suffer serious damage.

The elf’s forehead was torn.

The condition of the front cabin was damaged until the passenger seats were visible.

Meanwhile, the two tronton trucks involved in the accident suffered less serious damage.

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KOMPAS.com/NURWAHIDAH Police Illustration

Police investigate

Following the fatal collision, the police launched an investigation to find out the exact cause of the accident.

The police have made a scene of things using Traffic accident analysis (TAA).

The police also asked various witnesses for information.

“The analysis will then be synchronized with the testimony of witnesses, including the minor injury victim, after which we will come to a conclusion on the cause of the accident,” Eddy said.

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Grief of the victim’s family

One of the victims of the fatal collision on the Cipali Turnpike was Sumitri (59).

Sumitri’s daughter, Waryani, felt deep sorrow that her mother was killed in the incident.

That day, around 06.00 WIB, Waryani received the news that her mother had died in an accident.

He immediately came from Jakarta to Abdul Radjak Purwakarta Hospital.

“I have information, he said, the mother had an accident. Then I tried to call and yes, the mother was taken to Abdul Radjak Hospital. I immediately came here from Jakarta,” he said.

Waryani said that when the accident happened, his mother was on her way home to Pemalang, Central Java, after visiting her circumcised grandson.

“Then go back to Central Java again by taking the Elf bus. Because if you take a bus drunk, you use traveling,” Waryani said.

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Meanwhile, three other victims besides Sumitri were known to be residents of Kalimade Village, Pekalongan, Central Java.

They are a family whose plan is to return to Pekalongan to participate in an anniversary event for the year of the victim’s father.

Three people who were victims were named Maulana (31), Vina Mutiara (25) and Maura Adelia Putri (4). They returned home, because they will attend the 1-year event of their father’s death which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday (01/12/2020)), “said the apparatus of the village of Kalimade Abdul Hopir quoted in the Pantura Tribune .

Currently, the family is still waiting for the arrival of the body of this family.

“For the funeral, it is not yet known when it will take place. Because the family is still in deliberations and still awaits the arrival of the three bodies,” he said.

Source: Kompas.com (Authors: Farida Farhan, Agie Permadi | Editors: Aprillia Ika, Farid Assifa) Tribun Jabar, Tribunpantura