Temporary Inspection, Bus Enters Gap That Killed 4 People In Tasikmalaya Laik Jalan

Officers evacuate the carcass of a bus that fell into a ravine in Rajapolah, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java/Via ANTARA

TASIKMALAYA - The Tasikmalaya City Police said that the condition of a tourism bus that fell into a ravine, causing four people to die in Rajapolah, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, was roadworthy. This is known based on the results of the interim examination.

"While the buses are still feasible," said Head of the Law Enforcement Unit of the Traffic Unit of the Tasikmalaya City Police, Ipda Zezen Zaenal to reporters in Tasikmalaya, Antara, Monday, June 27.

He said the bus carcass which was at the bottom of a 10-meter-deep ravine had been successfully evacuated for further safekeeping and inspections related to the condition of the bus.

The police together with the local government transportation service, he said, had checked the condition of the tourism bus, which was assessed as being fit for operation.

He conveyed that the alleged cause of the bus accident was because the bus driver did not concentrate, which the driver admitted was sleepy so that the vehicle speed was out of control and fell into a ravine.

"The temporary suspicion is that the driver was not concentrating while driving the vehicle because he was sleepy," he said.

He said the bus driver, Dedi Kurnia (42) has now been named a suspect and detained for further legal examination.

"We have detained the driver at the Tasikmalaya City Rutan, and has been named a suspect," he said.

Previously, the PO City Trans Utama tourism bus with police number B 7701 TGA was carrying 62 group passengers from SDN Sayang, Jatinangor, Sumedang Regency who wanted to travel to Pangandaran Regency.

However, on the way, the bus fell into a ravine when the bus overturned in Cirendeu Village, Manggungsari Village, Rajapolah District, Tasikmalaya, causing four people to die and other victims to be injured.