Five vehicles chain-crash

Five vehicles chain-crash

BEKASI, West Java (JP): Five motor vehicles were involved in a
collision on the Cikampek-Jakarta toll road here yesterday but no
one was hurt.

The accident occurred where part of the road was being guarded
by security officers for President Soeharto's arrival at an
electronics plant.

The crash occurred when a Kijang minivan coming from Cikampek
suddenly halted.

A Bhineka inter-city bus then hit the back of the Kijang.
Another passenger bus called Warga Baru, a Suzuki minibus and a
colt diesel minibus crashed consecutively into the Kijang.

It is not clear why the Kijang driver suddenly reduced his
speed.

A police officer from the Bekasi precinct told The Jakarta
Post that the accident did not claim any lives or cause any
injuries.

He said that when the accident happened many police officers
were on duty cordoning off parts of the toll road.

The President was about to inaugurate a television and
computer tubes plant in Cibitung, some 10 kilometers east of the
crash site.

The Terbit afternoon daily reported the security for the
ceremony was to prevent possible disturbances.

This alert followed rumors that an exodus of Indonesian
Democratic Party members from East and Central Java would come to
Jakarta following the weekend riots. (kod)