PPSU Officers In Ciracas Run Over By Trucks On Their Way Home From Work

JAKARTA - Public Facilities and Infrastructure Handling Worker (PPSU) Jamaludin (51) died as a result of being run over by a truck on his way home from work on Jalan Raya Bambu Apus, Cipayung, East Jakarta, Friday afternoon.

"The victim fell to the left and got under the truck and was crushed on the head," said Head of Ciracas Mamad sub-district, quoted by Antara, Friday, July 24.

The chronology of the incident began when the victim came home from work riding a motorbike past Jalan Bambu Apus Raya, Bambu Apus Village, Cipayung District. At that time the victim was in a truck.

At around 15:15 WIB the victim overtook the truck on a fast lane on the straight road. At the same time another vehicle appeared from the opposite direction.

"The victim could not escape so that he lost his balance and failed to overtake the truck," he said.

Mamad said the victim's motorbike was hit by the body of the truck so that the victim fell to the left and got under the truck and then crushed him right on the head.

The victim died at the scene on Jalan Raya Bambu Apus Raya. Previously reported hit and run, but the results of checking in the field, the truck driver did not run away and was arrested.

The body has been taken to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital for an autopsy. Then the body was sent to the funeral home in Lubang Buaya area, Cipayung, East Jakarta.

"The burial location is still waiting for the results of the family meeting," he said.