Tubagus Joddy, Vanessa Angel's Driver, Thrown Into The Custody Of The Jombang Police

Press conference with the Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police Kombes Gatot Repli Handoko at the East Java Police Headquarters regarding the driver Vanessa Angel Tubagus Joddy (AM SBY/VOI)

SURABAYA - The Jombang Police have ensnared two articles against Vanessa Angel's driver, Tubagus Muhammad Joddy Prames Setya alias Joddy, as a suspect in a fatal accident on the Jombang Toll Road KM 672+300. Tubagus Joddy was also arrested.

The two alleged articles are Article 310 paragraph 4 and Article 311 paragraph 5, Law Number 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation.

"And the suspect Joddy has been detained starting today at the Jombang Police Headquarters," said the Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police, Commissioner Gatot Repli Handoko at the East Java Police Headquarters in Surabaya, Thursday, November 11.

Tubagus Joddy has been named a suspect in accordance with the Order to Begin Investigation (SPDP), which the police sent to the Jombang District Attorney's Office (Kejari) on Wednesday, November 10. In the SPDP, Vanessa Angel's driver Tubagus Joddy was charged with two articles in the fatal accident case.

The first is Article 310 paragraph (4) of Law Number 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation. In this provision, it is explained that every person who drives a motorized vehicle which due to negligence causes a traffic accident and results in the death of another person, shall be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of six years and/or a maximum fine of IDR 12.000.000.

"The suspect Joddy is also subject to Article 311 paragraph (5), which is explained in terms of the act as referred to in paragraph (4) resulting in the death of another person, the perpetrator is sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of 12 years or a maximum fine of IDR 24 million," said Commissioner Gatot.

Vanessa Angel and her husband Febri Andriansyah alias Bibi died in a single accident on the Jombang Toll Road KM 672+300 entering Pucangsimo Village, Bandar Kedungmulyo District, Thursday, November 4, 2021.

The Pajero with license plate number B 1264 BJU she was traveling in hit the concrete barrier of the toll road on the left. The driver, Tubagus Muhammad Joddy Pramas Setya (24) and his son GL (1.7) and household assistant Siska Lorensa (21) were injured and survived.