Eight die, 22 injured on tollroad

Eight die, 22 injured on tollroad

JAKARTA (JP): Eight people were killed and 22 seriously
injured in a five-vehicle pileup on the Jakarta-Cikampek tollroad
Tuesday afternoon.

The chain collision started when the Raya intercity bus lost
control in the lane heading to Cikampek and ended up in the lane
heading to Jakarta.

A.D. Panjaitan, the head of the Jakarta-Cikampek tollroad
office, said yesterday the Raya bus, with seven people aboard,
crossed the median strip and hit a speeding bus with 52 PT
Pembina Galindra (PG) employees, an Isuzu truck, a Mitsubishi
truck and a BMW sedan.

Madjid, the driver of the PG bus, was killed at the scene,
while the Raya bus driver broke his leg.

The other victims were Imam Sugiarto, 23, Achmad Ripai, 30,
both PT Pembina Galindra employees, Titin, 2, The other four were
not identified.

PG's employees were seriously injured. They were rushed to the
Mitra and Budi Lestari hospitals in Bekasi and Karya Medika
hospital in Cibitung, while the dead bodies were sent to the
Bekasi General Hospital. (05/sur)