Need Serious Handling Due To Serious Injuries, 7 Car Accident Victims Enter The Abyss In Ciamis Still Being Treated

Officers evacuate accident victims at the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) Ciamis Regency, West Java/ANTARA

CIAMIS - A total of seven victims of a pickup truck accident that fell into a ravine are still being treated at the Ciamis Regional General Hospital (RSUD), West Java. All seven suffered serious injuries that required further treatment.

"The remaining seven are still being treated, now as of today it is one day," said Head of the Medical Services Division at the Ciamis Hospital, Bayu Yudiawan, to reporters in Ciamis, Antara, Tuesday, August 9.

He said Ciamis Hospital previously received eight patients who were victims of a pickup truck accident on Jalan Raya Sukamantri, Ciamis Regency on Monday. Of all the victims, one person died.

The condition of other patients being treated, he said, some have improved, but there are also conditions that must receive serious attention, such as severe head injuries due to bleeding in the brain.

"Yesterday, there were some whose condition had mostly improved, but some who had serious head injuries from the start, including the baby's mother who died here yesterday, turned out to have severe head injuries and bleeding in the brain," he said.

He mentioned that the patient was treated from the age of a child, and was 19 years old, then a driver with a condition requiring intensive medical treatment due to a head impact, and a broken upper arm.

"The driver's condition is improving, but it still requires treatment, yesterday there was a collision on the head," he said.

Previously, a pickup truck numbered E 8393 VJ which was traveling from Majalengka Regency to Panjalu, Ciamis Regency, had an accident into a ravine on Jalan Raya Sukamantri-Panjalu, last Monday at around 07.30 WIB.

As a result of the incident, six people died at the scene, two people died at the hospital, and nine people were taken to the hospital for medical treatment.

The location of the accident is an alternative route connecting Majalengka Regency with Ciamis Regency which has winding, uphill and downhill road conditions, and there are ravines.