Jasa Raharja compensates Kramatdjati bus victims
Jasa Raharja compensates Kramatdjati bus victims
JAKARTA (JP): PT Jasa Raharja, the state-owned insurance
company, yesterday compensated six beneficiaries of the eleven
Jakarta residents who died in last Saturday's toll road bus
tragedy.
"It wasn't our intention to convert the value of lives lost
into money, but this is the only support we can offer," Muhadjir
Amir, head of the Jakarta branch of Jasa Raharja, told victims'
relatives.
Last Saturday, a fatal collision between a bus and three cars
at the Jagorawi turnpike, 40 kilometers south of Jakarta, killed
31 people and injured dozens of others.
Yesterday's payment was made to relatives of those victims
resident in Jakarta. Beneficiaries of seven victims from West
Java were compensated on Monday through the Bandung branch office
of Jasa Raharja. The company will soon compensate beneficiaries
of victims who lived in West Kalimantan, East Java and Central
Java.
The allocation of compensation is based on the victims'
residency.
The Kramatdjati bus accident, in which 29 passengers were
trapped inside the burning vehicle, cost the insurance company Rp
40 million.
Erlangga and Tanti, siblings who lost their parents and a
younger brother, urged drivers to be more responsible in carrying
out their duty.
"We haven't decided where we'll live now," Tanti, holding back
tears, told The Jakarta Post.
Relatives of the deceased victims received up to Rp 5 million
in compensation while up to Rp 2.5 million was given to each of
the injured.
Muhadjir urged the public to claim insurance compensation if
they suffer loss caused by traffic and public transport
accidents.
Meanwhile, state-owned PT Jamsostek, that runs a social
security program for workers, yesterday paid more than Rp 30
million (US$12,733) in compensation for three workers who were
killed in an overpass accident in Grogol, West Jakarta, last
week.
The money was handed over by Kristioso, chief of the company's
Jakarta branch, to the victims' families in their home village of
Cikampek, West Java.
The three victims --Surjaya bin Kasim (21), Saman bin Eman
(34) and Wandi bin Diong (26)-- who were represented by their
wives, received a little over Rp 10 million each.
Tati Hasanah binti Oman, who represented his husband Surjaya,
expressed her appreciation for the quick and good service of the
insurance company.
"I am touched that PT Jamsostek has worked so fast to pay the
compensation. I am sure that it will be very helpful to our
families," she said tearfully.
Kristioso said his company would also pay the medical bills
for 18 other workers who were treated at the Sumber Waras
hospital.
PT Hanbo Bumi Karsa, the firm that employed the victims in the
construction project, gave Rp 2 million to each victim's
relatives as a gesture of the company's moral and social
responsibility for the accident.
The social fund was handed over by Jang-cho Boo, a senior
official of the construction company. (14/rms)