One dies in Cikampek toll accident

JAKARTA: One person died and another was badly injured in a collision on Saturday afternoon between a truck and a semitrailer hauling pipes at the 32nd kilometer mark of the Cikampek toll road.

The accident backed up traffic on the toll road, with the two damaged vehicles still occupying the shoulder of the road in the afternoon.

The body of the truck driver, whose identity was not yet available and the injured woman, a passenger in the truck, were taken to the nearest hospital, radio station Sonora reported.

There was no report available on the condition of the driver of the semitrailer. The police are still looking into the cause of the collision. -- JP