Overturned Truck on Tangerang-Merak Toll Road
A dump truck was involved in a traffic accident on the KM 55B Tangerang-Merak Toll Road towards Jakarta. It is suspected that the tire burst.
Invisible PJR Tangerang-Merak Toll Road AKP Wiratno explained that the accident occurred on Friday, May 13, 2022 at approximately 23.50 WIB.
"This dump truck was driven by BG (28), where the first incident occurred because the truck had a tire burst," he said in a statement received on Saturday (14/5/2022).
Wiratno admitted that the truck was traveling from Merak to Jakarta. Arriving at the crime scene (TKP), the driver was driving in lane 2 and suddenly suffered a tire burst on the right side of the front.
"From this, there was an out of control entering the inner median, the final position of the truck was upside down, tilting the left wheel above facing east," he said.
However, he explained that there were no victims from this incident. Meanwhile, the loss is estimated at more than Rp 5 million.
"Losses are estimated at around IDR 5 million more from this incident," he said.