Officers Search For Passengers Reported Missing In Bus Accident In Tasikmalaya

Joint officers carry out investigations at the crime scene at the location of the bus entering a ravine, Cirendeu Village, Manggungsari Village, Rajapolah District, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, Saturday (25/6/2022). ANTARA/HO-Polres Tasikmalaya City.

TASIKMALAYA - Joint officers conducted a search for a passenger who was reported missing in a tourism bus accident that fell into a ravine in the Rajapolah area, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java.

The Head of the Operations Section of the Tasikmalaya Police, Kompol Shohet, confirmed that his staff together with the TNI, BPBD, and other officers were searching for goods, and the whereabouts of the person reported was unknown in the incident.

"Where the body of the bus wreck is located, a joint evacuation of the TNI, Polri and BPBD is being carried out in the context of searching for both goods and people, which are still stated by the family, which so far have not been found," he said, quoted by Antara, Saturday, June 25.

Police Commissioner Shohet said that according to reports from passengers who survived, there was a wife whose whereabouts had not been found, for that joint officers were trying to search the location of the crash of the tourist bus.

"There is one person who according to her husband a few hours ago has not been found," she said.

Shohet conveyed that the process of evacuating the carcass of the bus body had been successfully evacuated to the highway, to be then taken to the Rajapolah Police Headquarters.

"Alhamdulillah, the carcass of the bus involved in the accident has completely recovered on the road," he said.

Furthermore, he said, the ranks of the West Java Police team and the Tasikmalaya City Police carried out the investigation of the crime scene as in general traffic accident cases to find out the cause.

"Furthermore, the Satlantas Polres Tasikmalaya City will process the crime scene as usual if other accident scenes," he said.

Previously, the PO City Trans Utama tourism bus number B 7701 TGA carried 59 group passengers from SDN Sayang, Jatinangor, Sumedang Regency who wanted to travel to Pangandaran Regency.

However, the bus driven by Dedi Kurnia had an accident in Cirendeu Village, Manggungsari Village, Rajapolah District, Tasikmalaya at around 01.00 WIB, causing three people to die at the scene.

In addition to the death toll, the single accident caused a number of passengers to suffer injuries and require medical treatment at the hospital.