Mon, 17 May 2004

Coal trucks cause congestion

BANJARMASIN: Hundreds of trucks blocked on Saturday Jl. Liang Anggang, Jl. Lingkar Selatan and Jl. Achmad Yani, after a truck carrying coal hit a motorcycle earlier in the morning on Jl. Anggang, killing two people.

The drivers of the trucks parked the trucks along the streets, after police personnel prohibited them from heading to Trisakti Port in Banjarmasin, for fear of retaliation by local residents, following the fatal accident.

The incident caused heavy traffic congestion in the city. -- Antara