Not Only Being Investigated By The Police, The DKI Provincial Government Also Summons The Owner Of The Ojol Snare Cable To Death In Palmerah

The air cable is seen piling up in the Central Jakarta/Dok area. Photo: Bitor Ekin Putra/VOI

JAKARTA - Head of the Utilities Division at the DKI Jakarta Highways Office, Samsul Bakhri, said that his party had summoned PT ihatin Solusi Infotek regarding the case of an online motorcycle taxi driver (ojol) entangled in the company's fiber optic cable to death. Although this case is being investigated by the police, the DKI Provincial Government wants to ask for an explanation to ensure that the cable that ensnared the ojol is its asset. "From the identification we know in the field, after that we call the management. We ask for explanations and confirmations, the utilities there are confirming that there is a broken cable belonging to iberanya," Samsul told reporters, Tuesday, August 8. To the DKI Provincial Government, iberanya admitted that her party had repaired the cable that stretched the handlebar and reorganized the aerial cable up to an altitude of more than 5 meters. Not only that, the DKI Provincial Government also asked to visit the victim's family as a form of empathy and accountability for the incident. "From us, we conveyed to them to immediately resolve it with the kpban. There is a sense of empathy and humanity that must be done through the management, regardless of the cause of the cable being the domain of the police," explained Samsul. For information, a motorcyclist named Vadim (38) died in an accident because he was caught in a chaotic aerial cable on Friday night, July 28, 2023 at around 23.00 WIB. Head of West Jakarta Traffic Unit, AKP Agus Suwito said, the West Jakarta Metro Police had just received a report on Saturday morning, July 29.

At the time of the incident, the victim was riding a Yamaha motorcycle with the number B 6745 TLI driving from Jalan Brigadier General Katamso entangled in an aerial cable. The victim suffered head injuries. Although he was taken to Pelni Hospital, the victim's life could not be saved.