Box Truck Stuck in Jalinbar Pringsewu Causes Traffic Jam
Pringsewu - A box vehicle with Police number BE 8104 BM fell into the excavated culvert installation on Jalan Lintas Barat Sumatra (Jalinbar) Ahmad Yani in front of Dr. Ubad Pringsewu. Saturday (24/9/22)
As a result, the truck body covered part of the road so that traffic flow from both directions experienced a long traffic jam.
A number of Polantas who were dispatched to the scene immediately carried out an open and close system to unravel the congestion.
Invisible then Iptu Khoirul Bahri through the Head of Patrol Unit Aiptu Joko Prihandoko said, the incident where the box vehicle fell occurred at around 07.15 WIB.
Previously, the box vehicle loaded with basic necessities drove from the direction of the Lampung port to Pringsewu. When passing at the scene, the rear wheel fell into the former pile of concrete installation culverts (Box Culvert).
Because the body of the vehicle covers part of the road, the flow of traffic becomes blocked because it can only pass through half of the road.
Aiptu Joko said, In order to avoid a longer traffic jam, his party has deployed a number of personnel to guard and regulate traffic flow at the location.
According to the Head of the Patrol Unit, the box vehicle that fell into the trap could only be evacuated at around 8:10 a.m. after being towed by using a fuso truck that passed by the location.
Apart from the box truck driver who fell into the trap, Yono explained, previously the route he was on could be used by other vehicles, but unfortunately when his vehicle passed, it fell and couldn't move.
He said that at the time of the incident, he was on his way from Bandar Lampung to Talang Padang and carrying a load of basic necessities.
"At first I followed the instructions of the road repair officer, told to keep going, so I followed it, but I ended up falling," he said.