The Transjakarta Driver Who Hits Gandaria City Road Barrier Fired

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JAKARTA - Transjakarta bus driver or driver with hull number PPD418 was fired. The driver was stopped after hitting a movable concrete barrier (MCB) on Jalan Gandaria City, South Jakarta, some time ago.

"According to the operator's statement, the driver who crashed into the MCB is currently being fired by the operator partner. This is done as an effort so that similar incidents do not happen again in the future," said PT Transjakarta operational director Prasetia Budi in his statement, Sunday, October 31.

Prasetia explained that currently the bus with the Kampung Rambutan-Harmoni route (7F) which had a single accident had stopped operating temporarily and was returned to the depot.

He continued, currently, Transjakarta is still waiting for the results of the evaluation team's investigation and the results of the investigations of its operator partners.

"We are still waiting for the results of the examination by the Transjakarta Controller Evaluation Team and the results of the investigations of the operator who oversees the pilot and the fleet," he said.

It was previously known that an accident involving the DKI Provincial Government's main mode of transportation, TransJakarta, occurred again. This time, one of the fleets crashed into its own lane barrier on Sultan Iskandar Muda Street Gandaria City, South Jakarta, in the direction of Kebayoran Lama on Friday, October 29 morning.

TransJakarta BKO Traffic Police Aiptu Hartono when met at the location said the single accident occurred at 04.40 WIB.

"The driver admitted that he was sleepy. He was just about to start operating. From the pool he wanted to go to Harmoni, and the bus was empty and there were no passengers," Hartono said.

He further said, as a result of the accident the front axle of the bus was badly damaged.

"There were no victims, the officers immediately secured the scene, controlled traffic, and called a large crane. The front axle was broken and the evacuation had to be lifted," he said.