2 People Died Due To Bus Accident With Truck On Dupak Surabaya Toll Road

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SURABAYA - Two people died in a bus accident with a truck on the Dupak - Tanjung Perak Toll Road, Surabaya, East Java.

Head of Unit 2 Highway Patrol Traffic Directorate of the East Java Police (PJR Ditlantas Polda Jatim) Adjunct Commissioner of Police Sigit Indra informed that the accident occurred at KM 4,400 Dupak - Tanjung Perak Surabaya Toll Road.

"The bus loads a group of pilgrims from Palembang, South Sumatra," he said, quoted by Antara, Saturday, March 5.

He explained that the accident occurred between the bus with license plate number D-7610-AT and the "Colt Diesel" truck numbered W-9948-Z.

According to AKP Sigit, the group of pilgrims had just made a pilgrimage from the Sunan Ampel Tomb, Surabaya, and would then head to Jombang, East Java.

"But suddenly at KM 4,400 of the Dupak - Tanjung Perak Surabaya Toll Road, a pilgrim tried to wrest control of the steering wheel from the bus driver. It seems that a pilgrim who took over the steering wheel is experiencing depression," he said.

The bus driver tried to keep the steering wheel, but was unable to maintain it so the bus turned around and hit a truck traveling in the opposite direction.

As a result, the truck driver and attendant died, while the bus driver and assistant were seriously injured.

AKP Sigit said there were two other people from the pilgrim group or bus passengers who were seriously injured.

"The bodies of the driver and the truck driver have been evacuated. Meanwhile, a number of victims who suffered serious injuries have been rushed to the Primasatya Husada Citra Hospital (PHHC) in the Tanjung Perak area of Surabaya," he said.