KIR Tourism Bus Asal Bali Rem Blong Di Batu Sudah Mati 2023, Surat Izin Transport Kedaluwarsa

Dirlantas Kepolisian Daerah (Polda) Jawa Timur Kombes Komarudin/ANTARA

East Java Regional Police (Polda) Dirlantas Kombes Komarudin explained that his party found KIR belonging to a Bali tourism bus that had an accident in Batu City, East Java, on Wednesday (8/1) night was no longer active.

"KIR died on December 15, 2023, this is a temporary fact that we found," said Komarudin as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, January 9.

Not only KIR, the police also found that the bus transportation permit had expired since April 2020.

"The fact that we found from data from the Ministry of Transportation and carried out an in-depth investigation, the bus with the police number DK 7942 GB had expired, since April 26, 2020," he said.

Police are still waiting for the results of the traffic accident analysis (TAA) investigation to reveal the cause of the accident between a tourism bus and dozens of motorized vehicles that left four people dead and 10 others injured.

Through the TAA, you will be able to see in detail what facts can be found on the road and several factors trigger the accident, whether it is due to human error or due to vehicle factors.

"This is still in the process of being investigated through scientific investigations, of course with the technology we have later, it can be seen how fast the bus is from the first slide until after it crashes," he said.

The police have checked the ill-fated bus driver.

"Of course it can be proven later, so that the application of the article is either due to negligence or because of this. Hopefully this afternoon there will be clarity," said Komarudin.

Bus carrying a group of students from SMK TI Bali Global Badung, Bali had an accident while driving on Jalan Imam Bonjol, Batu City, Wednesday, January 8

The bus allegedly suffered a function failure in the braking system, so that when crossing Jalan Imam Bonjol, which has an elevation of between five and seven degrees, the vehicle with police number DK 7942 GB allegedly launched uncontrollably and crashed into dozens of cars and motorbikes.

Based on the results of today's investigation, the police found seven points of collision, namely from Jalan Imam Bonjol to Jalan Patimura with a length of 2.3 kilometers.