TANAH DATAR - A series of accidents occurred on the highway connecting Padang Panjang and Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, specifically in front of Nurul Ikhlas Panyalaian, X Koto District, Tanah Datar Regency. The incident resulted in six people dying.
Head of the Traffic Unit of the Padang Panjang Police, AKP Pifzen Finot, said the accident involved one unit of a trailer truck carrying fertilizer, one unit of a box truck, and several two-wheeled vehicles.
"Currently, the process of evacuating the victims is still ongoing. The cause of the accident is still under investigation," said Pifzen, quoted from Antara, Monday, January 26.
He explained that the police were still carrying out the scene of the crime (TKP) while helping the process of evacuating the victims with joint officers.
According to Pifzen, in the initial report it was recorded that five people died at the scene and a number of other victims were injured. However, shortly afterwards, one victim was found dead during the evacuation of the trailer truck.
"One additional victim was evacuated by BPBD officers, firefighters, and PMI from inside the trailer truck, so the total number of victims who died was six people," he said.
All the victims who died and were injured were evacuated to Yarsi Padang Panjang Hospital and Padang Panjang Hospital. From the provisional data, a number of victims were known to be local residents.
To disperse the long traffic jam due to the accident, the police imposed a system of opening and closing on the main Padang Panjang-Bukittinggi route.
Until this news was released, the truck involved in the accident had not been evacuated. Meanwhile, two motorbikes that were severely damaged have been secured to the Padang Panjang Police for further investigation.
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