63 Accidents In South Sulawesi Occurred During Operation Ketupat

Dirlantas Polda South Sulawesi Kombes Pol Faizal. ANTARA/HO/Ditlantas

MAKASSAR - The Traffic Directorate (Ditlantas) of the South Sulawesi Police noted that there were 63 cases of traffic accidents that occurred within 12 days or during the 2022 Ketupat Pallawa Operation being held.

Director of Ditlantas Polda South Sulawesi Kombes Faizal in Makassar, Tuesday, May 10, said that the 12-day operation of Ketupat Pallawa 2022 was going well and was successful, although there have been 63 traffic accidents.

"The Ketupat Pallawa 2022 operation ends Monday, May 9 at 00.00 WITA. During those 12 days, of course there were cases of traffic accidents and the number was 63 cases," he said as quoted by Antara.

He said the data collected from 24 ranks of the Polres Traffic Traffic Units in the regions, the number of traffic accidents cases during the simultaneous operation reached 63 cases. suffered minor injuries as many as 85 people, 37 units of fines, and 3,528 warnings.

"In the implementation of the Ketupat Pallawa 2022 operation, there were 106 service and security posts that were also built for Eid travelers until the timing of the return flow," he said.

Kombes Pol Faizal added that the highest number of traffic accidents was dominated by the jurisdiction of the Makassar Polrestabes with 15 accidents, 4 people died and the rest suffered minor injuries.

Then followed by the Maros Police with 10 accidents, 4 people died, 1 seriously injured and 15 lightly injured.

Several security posts, said Kombes Pol Faizal, have been established at a number of points on the road axis connecting several districts and are prone to traffic jams and traffic accidents, such as in Camba-Kappang, Maros-Bone Axis Road, Maros Regency and Gowa Palangga Axis Road, Gowa Regency.