Allegedly Sleepy, A Truck Driver Hits Tronton On Cawang-Grogol Inner City Highway, The Driver Is Injured

JAKARTA – A truck carrying sand overturned on the inner-city Toll Road heading for Cawang-Grogol at KM 5,400, to be precise in front of the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker) Building, at 04.10 WIB. The accident occurred after the truck with number B 9566 FEH came into contact with a dump truck with number BK 8851 FEH. Each driver, RH, and HS, was injured as a result of the incident.

Head of PJR Kompol Sutikno said the incident started when the truck driven by HS was driving from west to east on the Cawang-Grogol Toll Road. Arriving at the scene, HS allegedly fell asleep, so he hit the rear body of a dump truck brought by RH, which was parked on the side of the road with a flat tire.

"At that time the driver (RH) was taking the jack in the vehicle, then the tronton dump truck was pushed forward until it hit the toll road divider on the left," said Sutikno in his statement, Wednesday, January 18.

The two injured drivers have been taken to the Tebet Hospital for further action.

“The injured were then taken to the Tebet Hospital. While the vehicles involved and the toll road barrier were damaged," he concluded

As a result of the accident, the traffic flow had experienced a long traffic jam.