Four trucks plunge into river

Four trucks plunge into river

JAKARTA (JP): Four box trucks plunged into the Opak river in
West Jakarta Wednesday after a riverbank collapsed. No fatalities
were reported.

A police officer of the West Jakarta Police precinct said the
landslide was caused by dredging work in the river.

"The total losses have not yet been calculated," the officer
who asked anonymity said. No official information was released as
to the content of the boxes.

The trucks, which had stopped at the river's edge, slowly sank
into the river as the edge collapsed, the officer said.

Local residents said that the river was enlarged a week ago,
but the way the riverbank had been built up probably incorrect.
"The riverbank looked so soft that it was not surprising it could
not stand four truck on it," a resident who eyewitnessed the
accident, said.

It took hours for rescue workers to pull the four trucks out
of the river. (jun)