Police Hit By Falling Tree On Jalan Mataram-East Lombok Severely Injured Referred To NTB Hospital

Residents while helping victims who were hit by fallen trees due to extreme weather in the NTB area, Tuesday (11/02/2025) (ANTARA/HO-Humas East Lombok Police)

NTB - A member of the East Lombok Police, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) was hit by a fallen tree while crossing Jalan Mataram-Lombok Timur, to be precise in front of the West Lombok Awet Muda Hospital, Tuesday, February 11 at around 10.00 WITA.

"The victim is now being treated at the NTB Hospital, previously he was treated at the Awet Muda Narmada Hospital, but the injuries were severe enough, so he was referred to the NTB RSUP," said Head of Public Relations of the East Lombok Police AKP Nicolas Oesman in East Lombok, confiscated by Antara.

The incident that happened to Aipda Iwan Patoni occurred when the victim passed by on a motorbike at the crime scene. The victim came from Mataram to East Lombok, during heavy rain and strong winds, and upon arrival at the scene, one of the trees standing on the side of the road fell and hit the victim.

"Residents who saw the incident immediately provided assistance to the victim, saw that the victim's injuries were quite serious and were immediately rushed to the Mataram Hospital for intensive care," he said.

As a result of the incident, the fallen tree caused traffic flow to jam, especially when it was raining with strong winds and the road was very slippery.

"We urge the public to remain careful when using vehicles, when extreme weather hits NTB, especially Lombok, such as heavy rain and strong winds," he said.

Previously, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued a signal warning of the potential for extreme weather for a week in the NTB region due to the indirect impact of the emergence of Tropical Cyclone Invest 96S Seeds.

"The seeds of Tropical Cyclone Invest 96S have an indirect impact in the form of increasing rainfall, increasing wind speed, and high waves in West Nusa Tenggara," said Head of BMKG Zainuddin Meteorological Station Abdul Madjid (ZAM) Lombok, Satria Topan Primadi in a statement quoted in Mataram, Sunday.

Based on information from the Australian Meteorological Agency, the storm that moves off the coast of Kimberley has the potential to reach cyclone intensity on Monday, February 10, 2025. The storm system is expected to move further southwest towards the Pilbara coast west of Australia.

Satria revealed that in addition to the emergence of new tropical cyclone seeds, extreme weather was also influenced by the activities of the Rossby Equatorial atmospheric waves around West Nusa Tenggara and the Asian Monsun which carried water vapor from Asia through Indonesia towards Australia.

The public needs to be aware of moderate to heavy rain, strong winds, high sea waves, and the potential for increased intensity of hydrometeorological disasters due to weather phenomena that are currently happening for the next week.