Seven Vehicle Collided In A Row At Sitinjau Lauik, Two People Killed

One of the cars involved in a series of accidents in the Sitinjau Lauik area, Lubuk Kilangan District, Padang, Thursday, April 15. (Fathul Abdi/Antara)

JAKARTA - At least two people died because seven motorized vehicles experienced consecutive collisions, causing two of them to enter a ravine in the Sitinjau Lauik area, Padang, West Sumatra (West Sumatra), Thursday, at around 10.45 WIB. "Two cars that entered the ravine were Pajero sport and pickup. L-300, "said Lubuk Kilangan Police Chief, Police Commissioner Edryan Wiguna when contacted in Padang, reported by Antara, Friday, April 16. He admitted that until now, officers were still in the field and carrying out the process of evacuating vehicles and belongings of the victim. The accident involved Seven units of vehicles, namely a box-type cargo truck, a sports Pajero, a pickup, three minibusses, and a motorbike. He recounted that the incident began when the boxcar B 9312 TXU came from the direction of Solok to Padang, when he arrived at the location, crashed into a color Pajero car. black in front of him.

Not stopping there, Pajero then crashed into a pickup truck with police number BA 8742 HM in front of him.

The two cars plunged into the ravine on the left side of the road. The pickup truck entered a ravine of about 10 meters because it was caught in a tree, while Pajero entered a ravine with a depth of about 20 meters. "But the two cars, both the driver and the passenger, only suffered injuries," said the former head of the criminal investigation unit of Padang Police. He said before entering the ravine. The pickup truck hit the back of the Toyota Kijang Krista BA 1724 KA minibus, Suzuki Ertiga and Agya in front of it. Meanwhile, the cargo box truck, after hitting the Pajero and pickup, swerved to the right side of the road.

Due to loss of control, the truck crashed into a black Yamaha N-MaX type motorcycle and dragged it for about 30 meters until the car stopped on the cliff wall of the Sitinjau Lauik road. "The traffic flow was choked for about two hours because the Kijang minibus was damaged and could not walk," he said. Edryan said that apart from ensuring a smooth flow, his party also focused on evacuating drivers from vehicles that had entered a ravine. "Evacuation and assistance were carried out by police personnel assisted by local residents," he said. In addition to the two victims who died, six people were also reported to have suffered injuries from the incident.