It Is Suspected That Lalai, The Truck Driver Who Caused The Accident At The Bawen Semarang Intersection, Became A Suspect

Illustration of the crime scene of the case. (Unsplash-davidvonddiemar)

The police have named AR, a truck driver who caused an accident at the Bawen Toll Exit intersection, Semarang Regency, Central Java (Central Java), as a suspect.

Director of Traffic of the Central Java Police, Kombes Pol. Agus Suryonugroho said the truck driver was a suspect on suspicion of negligence in the incident.

"A case has been held, it has been named a suspect," he said in Semarang, Monday, September 25, which was confiscated by Antara.

Negligence related to brakes that do not work, he said, is currently being investigated by investigators.

According to him, the police will also call the truck owner's company.

The summons of the transportation company, he said, was related to the maintenance and dimensions of the operating truck.

"The element of negligence of the company is still being investigated in the maintenance of the vehicle involved in the accident," he said.

In addition, he continued, it was also investigated about the possibility of an excess dimension of the truck that had the accident.

Previously, a truck hit a number of cars and motorbikes at traffic lights at the exit intersection of the Bawen Toll Road, Semarang Regency, Central Java, Saturday.

The truck with the police number AD-8911-IA drove from north to south on the descending track.

When he arrived at the exit intersection of the Bawen Toll Road, the truck brakes allegedly malfunctioned, hitting a number of vehicles that were stopped at the traffic light.

Three people died after seven cars and nine motorbikes were hit by the uncontrolled traveling truck.