Answering Alleged TransJakarta Driver Heart Attack Before Accident, Police: Family Refuses Autopsy

Victims of the TransJakarta Bus Accident on MT. Haryono street, East Jakarta (Photo: East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept.)

JAKARTA - The police stated that the family of the driver who was killed in the TransJakarta accident refused the autopsy process. However, it is suspected that the cause of the accident was because the driver had a heart attack.

"Yes, we couldn't do an autopsy. The cause of death must be seen from the inside," said Head of Sub-Directorate for Law Enforcement of Traffic Directorate of Metro Jaya Police, Grand Commissioner Adjutant Argo Wiyono to reporters, Wednesday, October 27.

In addition, Argo also stated that the reason the family refused the autopsy was because they wanted the body to be buried immediately.

"There is no (special reason). We only asked if we wanted to do an autopsy. 'Yes, sir, we want to be buried immediately,' Argo said.

Thus, Argo stated that he could not confirm the truth of the allegation. Because medical records can prove it.

"It's the doctor who can talk about a heart attack. The doctor's statement, so later we will ask, for example, if there is a history of illness, what are you taking, no medicine packages, then we will call the doctor if there are other possibilities," said Argo.

For information, the accident of two TransJakarta buses occurred on Monday, October 25, early in the morning. As a result of the accident 33 people became victims. In which, two of them the driver and passenger died. The remaining 31 suffered minor and serious injuries.

The accident started when a Transjakarta bus was stopped to drop off passengers at the Cawang Ciliwung Bus Stop. Suddenly, a bus from behind hit a bus that was stopped at a bus stop.

The front of the Transjakarta Jakarta bus that crashed from behind was damaged, as was the condition of the back of the Transjakarta bus which was stopped at the Cawang Ciliwung Bus Stop.