Police Are Still Investigating Allegations Of Trucks Stuck Before Being Hit By A Brantas Train In Semarang

Officers repair the railroad bridge around the location of the Brantas train accident at a crossing on Jalan Madukoro Semarang, Wednesday/ANTARA

SEMARANG - Police are still investigating allegations that a truck was involved in an accident with a Brantas train caught in a rail while crossing a level crossing on Madukoro Street, Semarang City. "It is still being investigated, there are several possible causes," said Head of Traffic Unit of Semarang Polrestabes AKBP Yunaldi in Semarang, Antara, Wednesday, July 19. According to him, the police will ask for expert information about the cause of the truck stopping in the middle of the crossing. Meanwhile, the process of examining the truck driver with the initials HS is still ongoing. According to him, the police also plan to ask for information from the Brantas train driver and the Madukoro Street crossing guard. The driver, who is still a witness, he said, certainly did not run away, but secured himself before finally turning himself in to the police. Previously, the Brantas Train bound for Jakarta-Blitar crashed into a truck at a crossing on Jalan Madukoro, West Semarang, Tuesday night (18/7) KA hit the head of the trailer truck that passed from north to south There was an explosion when the train locomotive hit the head of the truck.

The head and tail of the truck were pinned at the mouth of the West Flood Canal bridge bridge in Semarang.