DPRD Asks Transjakarta To Provide Clinics For Every Depot That Affects Deadly Collisions

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JAKARTA - Head of Commission B of the DKI DPRD, Abdul Aziz, asked PT Transportation Jakarta (Transjakarta) to provide a clinic at each depot to check the health condition of the driver.

This was revealed in a meeting of Commission B with the agenda of asking Transjakarta for clarification on the case of the accident of two Transjakarta buses which resulted in the death of two people.

"Our proposal is to have a clinic in every depot. Tomorrow or tomorrow, before the driver performs operations, there must be a clinic that checks whether he is sleepy or not, his blood pressure is normal or not. There is a doctor who will control it," Aziz told reporters, Wednesday, October 27.

Aziz sees this as necessary to prevent the Transjakarta bus accident from happening again. Given that so far, Tansjakarta has only checked the condition of the driver in the form of a statement letter.

In addition, the DPRD also asked Transjakarta to explain the chronology of the accident that occurred on Monday, October 25. Then, related to the handling of victims to mitigation efforts.

Regarding the cause of the accident, Aziz is still waiting for information from the police. "What's important is that this doesn't happen again. If what has happened, it's the police's job to investigate, we as a council know how to prevent it from happening again," he said.

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 died and 31 people 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 the stop.

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