SERANG – Remember the incident where the odong-odong car was hit by a train that killed 10 passengers in Kragilan Serang, Banten? Reportedly, the odong car assembler was made a suspect by the Serang Police.
The man with the initials MN (47) was declared involved for modifying a standard car to be non-standard. In fact, it resulted in death.
"Investigators of the Serang Police Traffic Unit conducted a case and named the odong-odong assembler with the initials MN as a suspect in the incident," said Head of Public Relations of Serang Police Iptu Dedi Djumhaedi in a written statement, Friday, August 12.
Dedi explained that the suspect was charged with Article 227 of the Road Traffic and Transportation Law with a threat of 1 year in prison or a fine of Rp. 24 million. However, the suspect was not detained by investigators.
"There was no detention against MN," added Dedi.
The stipulation of the suspect for the odong-odong fabricator was after examining the witnesses, the owner and the odong-odong fabricator. He became the second suspect after the initial driver JL (27) was named a suspect.
This odong-odong accident killed 10 people and 23 people were seriously and lightly injured. This deadly odong-odong by the suspect was modified from an Isuzu type car and the chassis was changed.
At the time of the incident, the driver was carrying 33 passengers and walking while listening to loud music. It is suspected that the accident was caused by the negligence of the driver while crossing the railroad crossing without a gate.
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