Pertamina Cibubur Truck Accident Chronology
The Cibubur accident occurred on Monday, July 18, 2022. Pertamina's truck hit a number of vehicles and killed 11 people. The chronology of this fatal accident is as follows:
Pertamina Truck Hits Several Vehicles
The Cibubur accident occurred between Pertamina's truck and plate number B-9598-BEH. The Pertamina truck hit a number of vehicles.
A number of vehicles consisting of motorcycles and cars that were at the scene. In the video circulating, it is known that a number of motorbikes are lying at the scene of the incident.
Location of the Cibubur Accident
The location of the Pertamina truck accident that hit a number of vehicles occurred in the Transyogi area, Cibubur area, Bekasi. The deadly accident in Cibubur occurred on a descent with a traffic light at the end of the descent to the Cibubur CBD.
The Cibubur accident occurred near the Suzuki Dwi Perkasa Mobiltama dealer, Transyogi, Jalan Alternative Cibubur, Kranggan, Jatisampurna District, Bekasi City, West Java.
Pertamina Cibubur Truck Accident Chronology
The chronology of the Cibubur accident occurred when the Pertamina truck was driving from the direction of Cibubur to Cileungsi. Traffic Director of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Latif Usman explained that the Pertamina truck initially drove from Cibubur to Cileungsi. The location of the accident occurred on the descent road to a red light.
"The crime scene is here, so Pertamina's vehicle runs from the direction of Cibubur to Cileungsi. Where indeed the road conditions are declining and a red light is a vehicle that is stopped," explained Latif at the location, Monday (18/7/2022).
Latif said the Pertamina truck that was driving on the derivative road then hit a number of vehicles that were stopped at a red light.
Cibubur Accident Involves a Total of 12 Vehicles
Pertamina's truck accident in Cibubur involved dozens of cars and motorcycles at the scene. The vehicles involved were then evacuated from the scene. As stated by Kombes Latif Usman.
"So there are two four-wheelers (units) involved, 10 two-wheelers (units). For the time being, the victim is in Kramat Jati (Polri Hospital)," said Latif.
Cibubur Accident Victims 11 People
The Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E Zulpan revealed that of the 11 victims who died, some of their bodies were taken to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta. While 1 other body in Permata Cibubur Hospital.
"Currently 11 people have died and have been recorded," Zulpan said in a written statement to reporters, Tuesday (19/7/2022).
In the aftermath of a deadly accident involving a Pertamina tanker truck crashing into 10 motorcycles and 2 cars, the police finally temporarily disabled the CBD traffic light on Jalan Alternative Transyogi Cibubur.
This was stated by the Director of Traffic (Dirlantas) of the Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Pol Latif Usman. He explained that this closure was due to the fact that there were no obstacles.
Not only that, the deteriorating condition of the surrounding roads makes it prone to traffic accidents.
"Of course, with the current situation, we have turned off the lights, in the sense that we are using hazard lights. For the time being, our assessment in the field, indeed this road should not have obstacles because it is derivative, "he said, Tuesday (19/7/2022).
In addition to the temporary deactivation of the red light, Latif continued, his party will close the round or U-Turn at the location. The closure will be permanent.