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)