Busway bus hits Swiss national

Busway bus hits Swiss national

JAKARTA: The controversial TransJakarta Busway corridor has
again exacted a toll, following a collision with a motorcycle
earlier this month during the first day of the free tryout
period.

A bus heading toward Kota, West Jakarta, hit a Toyota Soluna
sedan as the latter was crossing the marked corridor to negotiate
the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, Central Jakarta, at about 9
a.m. on Saturday.

The sedan driver, Swiss national Wuthrich Urs, said that he,
along with the bus, was traveling northward from Jl. Sudirman.

As he was about to return southward along the same road, via
the traffic circle, the officer guarding the corridor asked him
to stop, apparently to give way to the bus.

He claimed that the same officer indicated he should move
ahead, "but then my car was hit suddenly". The bus collided with
the driver's door, breaking its rearview mirror.

Urs reported the incident to the city police. -- JP