Police Investigate Fuel Transport Car Burns Then Hits Pospol In Kupang

The number of private vehicles carrying hundreds of subsidized fuel that had an accident in Kupang City. BETWEEN/Ho-Polresta Kupang City

A team of investigators from the Kupang City Police investigated the single accident of a burning four-wheeled private vehicle and crashed into a police post (Pospol) in Kupang City while transporting 420 liters of subsidized Pertalite fuel (BBM) on Friday (24/5).

"Until now, we are still conducting an investigation," said Kupang City Police Chief Kombes Aldinan RJH Manurung as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, May 25.

This was conveyed by him related to the development of the case of the burning of a private Toyota Rush vehicle while carrying a number of Pertalite type fuel that caught fire while on its way to its destination.

The fire suddenly came out of the cabin of the vehicle. When the owner of the vehicle with the initials AL found out that the fire had burned his vehicle, he then immediately jumped without stopping his vehicle first.

As a result, the vehicle caught fire while driving, crashing into a police post on El Tari Street, Kupang City, which then sold out until the remaining vehicle frame and 420 liters of fuel he was transporting were finished.

The police have not been able to ask for information from the owner/driver of the vehicle, because his condition was injured as a result of the accident.

The victim's entire body was burned at the time of the incident, so he is currently still being treated at the hospital (RS).

The victim's body was burned on the back from the shoulders to the back of the waist, burns on the hands of the arms to the ends of the fingers, burns the front of the legs to the thighs, burns part of the face and hair.

"We have not been able to ask for information regarding the place or location where the victim last filled the fuel, and for what purpose the fuel was purchased in that large amount," he said.