3 Allegations Of Cause Of Deadly Accident Semarang-Solo Toll Road KM 487+600, Here's The Chronology

Vehicles involved in accidents on the Semarang-Solo Toll Road/ Photo; Doc. Central Java Police

BOYOLALI - Police are still investigating the alleged fatal accident that occurred on the Semarang Solo Toll Road, Km 487+600, resulting in the death of 8 people. Head of the Boyolali Police Traffic Unit, AKP M. Herdi Pratama when contacted by VOI, said there were three allegations in the fatal accident incident.

"It is suspected that there are three reasons. It is suspected that we are still investigating the crime scene," Herdi said when confirmed by VOI, Friday, April 14.

Herdi revealed the first assumption that it was due to overload from an iron-carrying trailer driver so that the function of the braking did not run optimally.

"Second, the driver is sleepy because it happened in the early hours of the morning and the third because the brake function failed," he concluded.

Chronological Accident

Starting from this incident, several trucks were stopped in the slow lane after the Rest Area. This is because the parking area in the rest area of 487 A is full.

While the drivers were resting, suddenly the trailer truck carrying the iron cor speeding was suspected to have failed brakes. So that the iron-captured Trailer hit. The vehicle, which is mostly truck, was pushed off the lower toll road until it rolled over.

Kanit 7 Sat PJR Ditlantas Polda Central Java, AKP Sarwoko told reporters there were 8 vehicles involved in the accident.

Since it was reported, police officers immediately checked the scene of the case and evacuated the victims and vehicles. The victim was immediately taken to the hospital.