JAKARTA - The police named the tourism bus driver for the Lingga Kencana Depok Vocational School group as a suspect in an accident on the Ciater descent road, Subang Regency, West Java, Saturday (11/5), which resulted in 11 deaths.
Director of Lau Lintas Polda West Java Kombes Wibowo said the determination of the suspect status for a bus driver named Sadira was carried out after a series of examinations and collecting sufficient evidence.
"(Due to the accident) we have taken steps to handle it after the accident to provide legal certainty," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 14.
Among the steps taken after the accident was to conduct a crime scene (TKP).
In addition, the police have also examined 13 witnesses, including bus drivers, conductors or assistants, bus passengers and witnesses at the crime scene and experts.
Another step taken was to physically check the buses supported by the West Java Provincial Transportation Service and the Subang Regency Transportation Service.
"From the steps that have been taken, we get the results that at the TKP there were no former braking found, but what is there is only a mark of friction between the bus and the asphalt," said Dirlantas.
Meanwhile, from the results of the inspection that had been carried out, it can be seen that the bus driver, Sadira, who is a resident of Bekasi City, already knew that the vehicle had problems braking problems.
Among the checks that have been carried out, said Dirlantas, it is known that the facts in the compressor air bag found a mixture of oil and water.
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Then the oil in the bus vehicle was found to be cloudy and in the brake oil there was water exceeding 4 percent.
Another fact is that the distance between the brake camps is below standard and there should be an O-Ring leak in the relief foam room.
"So, we can conclude that the cause of the accident was due to the failure of the braking function," he said.
The police, based on witness testimony, both drivers and other passengers and experts, named a suspect in an accident on the road where Ciater was a bus driver on behalf of Sadira.
"Furthermore, we will also ask the company for information as well as transportation experts," he said.
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