Salesman killed in traffic accident

Salesman killed in traffic accident

TANGERANG: A salesman was killed on Tuesday when the driver of
his vehicle lost control and hit the road fence about 50 meters
from the Serpong toll gate heading into Kebon Nanas in Tangerang
municipality.

The accident also seriously injured the driver and his
assistant.

The victim, a salesman of Java Matches company, was identified
as 48-year-old Kwok Kwek Feong alias Irwan, father of three
children who lived in Perum Permata Hijau Permai, Babelan
subdistrict of Bekasi.

His body was taken to Tangerang General Hospital morgue while
the driver Edi Susanto, 21, a resident in Cilincing subdistrict,
North Jakarta and his assistant who was still unidentified were
rushed to Al Qadar Hospital in Karawaci.

Both of them were still unconscious at the hospital as of
Tuesday afternoon.

According to Brig. Budi Sulistio of Tangerang traffic police
unit, Edi, drove the car at a high speed and lost control of the
vehicle as it went down an overpass after passing the toll gate.
The car hit the road fence first, rolled down several times
before it was finally halted by a tree right in front of the
Kebon Nanas ice block factory, Budi said.--JP