The Story Of Ojol Driver's Parent, Victim Of Pertamina Truck Accident In Cibubur: Called 5 Times Not Picked Up, Getting Suspicious

The clothes of Ardi, an ojol driver who was the victim of a Pertamina truck accident in Cibubur/Photo: Rizky Sulistio/VOI

JAKARTA - The Forensic Team of the National Police Hospital has identified the body of a victim of a Pertamina truck accident on Alternative Transyogi Highway Cibubur, Bekasi. Ardi Nurcahyanto (23) an online motorcycle taxi (ojol) driver from Depok, died while delivering food to his customers.

Ardi's body will be taken by the family to a funeral home in the Depok area, West Java, on Tuesday, July 19, in the early hours of the morning.

At around 00.10 western Indonesia time, the families of the victims of the Pertamina Truck accident in Cibubur were still in front of the Forensic Medicine Installation of the Police Hospital, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta. They were waiting for Ardi's body to be taken to his residence.

Aswan (49), Ardi's father, said he knew the whereabouts of his son who died as a result of being involved in an accident on the Transyogi Alternative Highway Cibubur, in front of the CBD, RT 01/01, Jatirangga Village, Jatisampurna District, Bekasi, from a local television station.

"I know it from television news, my son was just delivering the goods there," Aswan told VOI in front of the Forensic Medicine Installation at the Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Tuesday, July 19, early in the morning.

He was suspicious too. Then Aswan tried to call his son's cellphone but he didn't pick up.

"I've called 5 times but haven't picked up. Already suspicious," he explained.

While watching television, Aswin began to see the license plate of his son's motorbike which was highlighted by the camera.

"You know from watching television, I saw it directly from the serial number. I found out from the position of the motorcycle serial number, there was a plate there. That's why I came here," he said.

Aswin said that at first his wife had doubts that one of the victims who died in the accident was her first son.

"At first my wife wasn't sure, but I was sure that it was true (my son's motorbike). So I came here right away," he said.

Aswin said his family and their first son live in the Depok area, West Java.

"The plan is to be buried in Cilodong, Depok," he concluded.

Previously reported, the Kramat Jati Police Hospital confirmed the death toll from the accident on the Transyogi Cibubur Alternative Highway, in front of the CBD, RT 01/01, Jatirangga Village, Jatisampurna District, Bekasi, totaled 10 people and 5 people were injured.

The Head of the DVI Sub-Directorate of the National Police Grand Commissioner Adjutant Nugroho Lelono said that the progress of the DVI operation or identification of accident victims, on Monday, July 18, at 22.30 western Indonesia time, 2 bodies named Suparno (51) and Priyastini (50).