Pick Up Cucumber Load Hits Guardrail at Gempol-Pasuruan Toll Road
Pasuruan - The pick-up loaded with cucumbers hit the guardrail and the concrete of the Gempol-Pasuruan (Gempas) toll road, causing one passenger to die.
The dead victim was Widi Hidayat (55), a resident of Yosowilangun, Lumajang.
The single accident on KM 786,400 line B was caused by a sleepy driver.
"The accident should be suspected because the pickup driver was sleepy," said Head of the East Java Regional Police PJR, AKBP Dwi Sumrahadi, Sunday (9/10/2022).
A single accident in the pickup with the license plate number DK 8120 CQ occurred on Sunday (9/10/2022) at 09.40 WIB. The accident began when the pickup driven by M Khoirul Yaqin, a resident of Krajan Village, Kencong, Jember, was traveling from Jember to Surabaya.
The pickup was traveling in lane 1 at a moderate speed. When arriving at KM 786,400 B, the pickup hit the guardrail and the concrete that divides the left side of the road.
As a result of hitting the guardrail and concrete, the pickup bounced and suffered heavy damage. Load spilled on the roadside.
“The driver was seriously injured. The passenger died. The victim was evacuated to Bangil Hospital," explained Dwi.
The material loss of toll road facilities is still in the process of being calculated. The loss from the vehicle is around Rp. 40 million.
“The vehicle that was involved in the accident has been evacuated to the Rembang Toll Gate. The traffic has been smooth," he concluded.