It Has Been Warned That It Is Still Desperate To Pass, The Container Truck Is Stuck Under The Jatinegera Train Railroad

Container truck stuck under the Jatinegara train bridge/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - A container truck numbered B 9049 CEH containing a carpet caught under a railroad crossing on Jalan Matraman Raya, East Jakarta, Tuesday morning, May 23. As a result, the flow of vehicles from Matraman to Jatinegara experienced congestion.

One of the local residents named Emong said the container truck was caught in the early hours of Tuesday when the driver of a container truck alone crossed Jalan Matraman Raya.

"Because the driver didn't know the condition of the road and didn't know the height of the railroad bridge, the container truck ended up stuck on the bridge," he said.

According to him, a number of residents have warned truck drivers that the container exceeds the maximum bridge height limit, which is 3 meters. However, the driver did not hear the screams of the residents.

"The rush of the collision made the container connection fall off and almost fall," said Emong.

Head of Operation Development Affairs (Kaur Binops) of the East Jakarta Metro Police Traffic Unit (Satlantas) AKP Danoe Prakoso said the driver who was about to go to Tanjung Priok Port did not know the route and road conditions so he crossed Jalan Matraman Raya.

The driver of the container truck for the first time crossed Jalan Matraman. "The driver also cannot predict the high container with the high railroad bridge," said Danoe.

East Jakarta Metro Police Traffic Unit officers together with the East Jakarta Transportation Service (Jaktim) are trying to evacuate the container truck using heavy equipment.