Get To Know The Jombang-Mojokerto Toll Road Aka The Jomo Toll Road Belonging To Astra Infra, Where Vanessa Angel Accident And Dies

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Astra Infra)

JAKARTA - Artist Vanessa Angel aka Vannesa Adzania and husband, Febri 'Auntie' Ardiansyah, died in an accident on the toll road from Jakarta to Surabaya, East Java. The cause of the accident is believed to be due to the driver falling asleep.

"Because the driver fell asleep, he swerved to the left and hit the left side of the toll road barrier," said Director of Traffic and Traffic at the East Java Police, Kombes Latif Usman, when confirmed, Thursday, November 4.

Because of the impact, Vannesa and her husband who were sitting on the left side of the car died. Meanwhile, three other passengers were injured.

"So the one who was seriously injured was on the left side, which happened to be her husband sitting in front of Vanesa behind her, so it got worse," said Latif.

According to Latif, the detailed location of this accident is in KM. 673+300/ A of the Jomo toll road (Jombang-Mojokoerto Toll Road). Launching the Astra Infra website, this toll road is considered to have an important role as a liaison between East Java and Central Java.

For information, in August 2011, Astra Infra group acquired a 100 percent stake owned by PT Marga Harjaya Infrastruktur Infrastruktur (Astra Infra Toll Road Jombang-Mojokerto), the concession holder for the 40.5 km Jombang-Mojokerto toll road.

This toll road first operated in Section 1 along the 14.7 km in October 2014, following the 5 km section 3 which operated in November 2016, and Section 2 along the 19.9 km in September 2017. The 0.9 km section 4 km has been operating in December 2018 in conjunction with the Solo-Kertosono Toll Road.

Overall, the Jombang-Mojokerto toll road section has three toll gates, namely the Jombang toll gate (in Pesantren Village, Tembelang District, Jombang, East Java), Bandar toll gate (in Kayen Village, Bandarkedungmulyo District, Jombang), and the West Mojokerto toll gate. (in Pagerluyung Village, Gedeg District, Mojokerto, East Java).