Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture Muhadjir Effendy To Homecomers: Don't Transport More Passengers, Prepare Reserve Drivers

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy. (ANTARA/Ali Khumaini)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy reminded travelers to prepare the condition of their vehicles. In addition, the number of passengers must be considered to maintain safety on the road. This was conveyed by Muhadjir in response to a series of accidents on the Jakarta-Cikampek KM 58 toll road on Monday morning, April 8. This incident involved three vehicles and killed 12 people. "From the start, we have appealed to all of them before leaving to prepare, including not to carry overloaded passengers. That's what's important. Passengers don't overdo it, ” Muhadjir told reporters at the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Command Center KM 29, Monday, April 8. It didn't stop there, the drivers were also asked to pay attention to their fitness. Do not let them continue to drive in a tired condition and not concentrate fully. " “ And try to have a backup driver so that it can take turns," he said. Muhadjir said the community must be responsible for their condition when traveling back and forth for Eid al-Fitr 1445 Hijriah. Meanwhile, regarding the implementation of contraflow, an evaluation will definitely be carried out. It's just that, said Muhadjir, this step will only be carried out after the Eid homecoming moment is over. “ What we have done now is a refinement of our previous policy, ” he said. “ We have been maximal to prepare several kinds, including additional roads, additional lanes, lanes. Then we also add a dock at the crossing, adding ships for crossings, ” continued Muhadjir. As previously reported, there was an accident during the Eid homecoming flow at KM 58 of the Cikampek Toll Road on Monday morning, April 8. Three vehicles were involved, namely Daihatsu GrandMax, Daihatsu Terios, and a bus. As a result of this incident, the police brought 12 body bags from the accident site to the Karawang Hospital to be identified.

This incident occurred when a car from the direction of Jakarta took 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 hit a car that had an accident first. The two cars that collided then caught fire.