Overturned Crane Truck in Tebet Awaiting Evacuation, Causing Severe Traffic Congestion towards Casablanca
Jakarta – A crane truck from the construction project of SD Negeri 007 Tebet Timur, located on Jalan KH Abdullah Syafii in South Jakarta, overturned on Friday evening and remained unevacuated, resulting in severe serpentine traffic congestion at the location on Saturday (14 March 2026) morning.
Kompas.com observations at the location at 09:50 Western Indonesia Time showed the crane truck, which had been covered with blue tarpaulin on Friday night, was now visible again.
Previously, part of the crane boom that had become entangled with the truck was cut. The red and black crane is now supported by stacked timber.
No evacuation activity was visible at the location.
Traffic congestion extended as far as the Kampung Melayu Overhead Bridge, visible from the pedestrian overpass.
Congestion only began to ease after motorists passed the section of road obscured by the truck body.
The heavy traffic flow caused plastic traffic cones separating the road from the area around the truck to be knocked over and fall.
Long horn blasts were heard back and forth as drivers urged each other to move quickly through the narrowed lanes.
Some motorcyclists also pulled over to photograph or film the truck.
Meanwhile, other drivers glanced to the left whilst continuing to drive their vehicles.
“It’s still like this…,” said one motorcyclist as he passed.
“This is the same one from yesterday, isn’t it?” asked another driver.
Kompas.com was still attempting to contact the Tebet Police Precinct Chief, AKP Iwan Kurniawan, to inquire about the evacuation process and the precise cause of the crane’s collapse.
Previously, it was reported that a truck overturned on the side of Jalan Abdullah Syafii, Tebet, South Jakarta, causing traffic congestion on Friday (13 March 2026) morning.
The Head of Traffic Police for South Jakarta, Kompol Mujiyanto, stated that the truck fell in a workplace accident the previous evening.
Evacuation had not yet been conducted because the road used by motorists was quite busy.
Meanwhile, the evacuation process requires heavy equipment given the truck’s considerable size.