LRT Jabotabek Collision During Trial, INKA: Machinist Minor Injury

LRT accident in Munjul area, Cibubur, East Jakarta (Rizky Sulistio/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Jabodebek LRT train series collided on the track in the Munjul area, Cibubur, East Jakarta this afternoon. The accident occurred while the train was on a test run. The accident involved trainset 20 and trainset 29 for the Jabodebek LRT. PT INKA President Director Budi Noviantoro said the accident occurred between Ciracas Station and Harjamukti Station or around the Cibubur area, East Jakarta. The plan is that the 29 trainset will be tested by a team from the Directorate General of Railways of the Ministry of Transportation. Furthermore, Budi confirmed that the condition of the driver only suffered minor injuries. According to him, the driver when he was taken to the hospital was conscious. He said this shows that the LRT train is strong. "Alhamdullilah, he is okay, he has minor injuries and he is still conscious when he arrived at the hospital. It means that the train is strong," he said at a press conference, Monday, October 25.

Furthermore, Budi admitted that he could not confirm whether the driver was tired while driving the LRT train. However, Budi said it was possible that there was a human error that overspend or exceeded speed in the accident. "Yes, we will not know later. But the indication of overspeed could be due to sleepiness, think about it. The distance is short because of that. Thinking or something, forget, 'oh There's that'. We don't know. Why is it fast that it will be investigated later. It will be found out later, "he explained. The initial suspicion, said Budi, was that the overspend was indicated to have occurred during the langsir process. Budi said that later further investigations would be carried out by the national transportation safety committee or KNKT. "It is indicated that there was a human error where the driver at the time of passing was exceeding his speed. But that will be determined by the results of the NTSC," he said. like that. So at the time of passing he wanted to go into this, because this is indeed the track that has not been operated, has not yet taken passengers, has not operated everything, is still at the testing stage, both infrastructure, the facilities are both testing, "he continued. Previously, a video on social media went viral. The video shows two integrated cross-rail trains or LRT Jabodebek Cawang-Cibubur colliding. The accident occurred on the Munjul section, East Jakarta, this afternoon. The video of the LRT accident has been viewed 146,604 times, and received 1,210 comments from netizens. video, quoted from Instagram @jakarta.terkini, Monday, October 25. However, the exact cause of the LRT collision on the Munjul segment, East Jakarta is not yet known.