Tunnel tragedy worst in Lampung

Tunnel tragedy worst in Lampung

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: An accident in the construction of the
Batu Tegi reservoir in Pulau Panggung district, Tanggamus regency
-- in which 13 workers were killed and 33 others lightly and
seriously injured -- was the biggest occupational accident in
Lampung.

No other accident in Lampung had claimed 13 lives before, a
local manpower official was quoted by Antara as saying here
Saturday.

"The Batu Tegi tragedy may even be called the biggest in this
century. It took several days to evacuate the dead buried in mud
in the tunnel," he said.

The accident on Nov. 9 was triggered by the collapse of some
of the beams in the tunnel.