Angsana Tree In North Larangan Collapses, Tangerang-Jaksel City Road Access Is Severely Congested

Angsana tree collapsed and ate the road on Jalan Hos Cokroaminoto, North Larangan, Tangerang (M Jehan/VOI)

TANGERANG - Angsana tree collapsed and ate up the road on Jalan Hos Cokroaminoto, North Larangan, Tangerang. As a result, the Tangerang City road access to South Jakarta (Jaksel) caused severe congestion.

According to VOI monitoring, at the location, Saturday, March 25 at 15.13 WIB, a number of officers consisting of the Tangerang City Fire Department to the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) were cutting the large trees into several parts.

Traffic jams occurred hundreds of meters at the scene. This happened because the road to Tangerang-South Jakarta was covered by a fallen tree.

One of the residents around Bani (33) admitted that he saw the big tree fall. According to him, the tree was roboh because of its Kropos condition, then it was blown by strong winds at the time of the incident.

"Suddenly it collapsed, it was hit by the wind. Because it was already porous too," said Bani when met at the location, Saturday, March 25, in the afternoon.

Bani confirmed that there were no casualties in the incident. The reason is that when the tree collapsed, the vehicle swiftly avoided the large tree.

"Because the fall slowly. So it can be avoided," he said.

Meanwhile, a truck driver, Rizal, admitted that he had been affected by traffic jams for 40 minutes. As a result of the fallen large tree eating the road.

"There are 40 minutes of waiting, because this fallen tree is really big. Road Nutup," he concluded.