Blown By Strong Winds, Banyan Tree And PLN Electricity Pole In Cempaka Putih Collapsed Over The Innova Car

JAKARTA - Strong winds that hit the city of Jakarta and its surroundings again caused a large tree with a trunk diameter of about 1 meter on the side of Jalan Rawasari Selatan, RT 15/03, Cempaka Putih Timur Village, Cempaka Putih District, to suddenly fall.

The large banyan tree fell and hit the PLN electricity pole, causing it to collapse. Then the power pole was not strong enough to withstand the weight of a large tree and fell on the Toyota Innova and two motorbikes belonging to the driver.

"The fallen tree is suspected to have been caused by heavy rain accompanied by strong winds. The evacuation process was hampered by the collapse of a PLN electricity pole," said Head of the Central Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency (Kasudin) Asril Rizal when contacted by VOI, Wednesday, March 23.

The incident was then reported to the nearest fire brigade. Officers sent 8 rescue personnel to trim the fallen tree trunk.

"The tree trunk pruning operation was completed around 13.00 WIB," he said.

As a result of this incident, Asril continued, the Innova car with license plate B 1964 L, CB motorbikes with number B 3259 UIK and Revo motorbikes with number 6926 PIN were badly damaged.

"There were no casualties as a result of the incident. However, the loss is estimated at Rp 10 million rupiah," he said.

Currently, Central Jakarta Gulkarmat officers are still coordinating with PLN to turn off the electric current at the scene.