No insurance for Lombok victims

No insurance for Lombok victims

MATARAM, Nusa Tenggara Barat: Families of 12 passengers killed
and 22 others injured in a traffic accident were not entitled to
insurance from state-owned insurance firm PT Jasa Raharja.

The head of the insurance firm, I Gede Putu Karyasa, said they
were not covered because the vehicle they were riding in was a
cargo vehicle.

"It wasn't a bus or a vehicle to transport people," I Gede
said of the truck which plunged into a ravine in East Lombok on
Monday. Seventy passengers were on board when the truck was
passing a bend in the Sapit village of Pringgabaya district.

Antara reported I Gede saying that based on 1964 Law No. 33 on
the insurance of public transport passengers, cargo vehicles,
like trucks, were not included.

According to 1964 Law No. 34 on traffic accidents, those
entitled to compensation are victims hit by vehicles.

Following Monday's accident, only the driver and his two
assistants were entitled to insurance because they had insurance
cards. Insurance cards are distributed to holders of drivers'
licenses. (anr)