JAKARTA - Deadly accident at Simpang Rapak, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. resulted in 4 deaths and dozens of injuries. Some of the victims were employees of PT Pertamina.

"I haven't been able to identify it yet, there are several (Pertamina employee victims, ed) but the majority say no", said Head of Public Relations of the East Kalimantan Police, Kombes Yusuf Sutejo, to VOI on Friday, January 21.

According to him, several employees of PT Pertamina became victims of deadly accidents when they went to work. Around the location, there are offices/warehouses of the SOEs company.

"Because there are indeed Pertamina works around there. Pertamina Depot", said Yusuf.

A series of accidents occurred at Simpang Rapak, North Balikpapan, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. The accident involved dozens of motorized vehicles.

According to a video circulating on social media, the accident occurred on Friday, January 21, at around 06.15 WITA.

The accident started when several vehicles stopped at an intersection. However, soon a container truck appeared that was traveling at high speed.

However, the truck did not slow down. So, it directly hit all the vehicles in front of it.

As a result of the accident, four people died. Then, one person was critically injured, four were seriously injured, and 17 were slightly injured.


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