Evening Later Minister Of Transportation Budi Karya And National Police Chief Sigit Review Accident Location KM 58 Cikampek Toll Road

Screenshot - Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi

Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi will review the location of the traffic accident incident that occurred at kilometer 58 of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, together with National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo. "In the afternoon I will go there with the National Police Chief, we plan that afternoon we will go there," Budi said after accompanying President Joko Widodo to review the flow of Eid homecoming at Pasar Senen Station, Jakarta, Monday, April 8. Budi also expressed his concern over the traffic accident incident that occurred at kilometer 58 of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road. "I am sorry for the accident, God willing, we (want) to be able to overcome zero accidents, we are committed to that, but indeed with the 193 million homecoming, it is not easy to control in detail," said Budi. Budi admitted that he had not received more in-depth information about the unfortunate incident because he had not received a detailed report regarding the accident. However, the Minister of Transportation suspects that the traffic accident that occurred at kilometer 58 of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road was caused by drivers and toll users who did not obey the rules. “ I have not received a detailed report on Kilometer 58 but it is usually a distraction from toll users. Usually they are tired of waiting for the rest area or after the rest area there is certain fatigue, ” said Budi. Budi hopes that the accident can be a lesson, especially for travelers so that they obey the rules more so that similar accidents do not occur during the trip back to their hometown during the Lebaran 2024 M/1445 Hijiri holiday. Budi believes that the Head of the Traffic Corps (Kakorlantas) as Ketupat Operations Command during this year's homecoming and return to Lebaran, has carried out its duties well to anticipate any potential accidents. This is marked by such a mature planning time. “ The plan is very detailed, even one way, contraflow and so on, it is run well. And I, if there is an accident, we are unfortunate, but it becomes our lesson and we can expose the public if it is not disciplined, it is the risk, ” said Budi. An accident involving three vehicles, namely Daihatsu GrandMax, Daihatsu Terios, and a bus occurred at km 58 of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road on Monday morning. The police took 12 body bags from the accident site to the Karawang Hospital for further identification. The incident began when a car came from Jakarta via the contraflow route at km 58 of the Cikampek Toll Road. The car then swerved and crashed into a bus on the Bandung-Jakarta route. Then, there was another car that tried to avoid, but instead hit the car that had previously hit the bus.

The two colliding cars then caught fire. As a result of the accident, contraflow traffic engineering from km 48 to km 70 towards Cikampek was temporarily suspended.