JAKARTA - The Ciamis Police have not been able to determine who the suspect is in the case of the deadly accident that claimed the lives of eight people on Jalan Sukamantri, Ciamis Regency, West Java. There are still passengers and drivers being treated.
"Regarding the determination of the suspect or the possibility of a suspect, we are still completing the evidence," said Ciamis Police Chief AKBP Tony Prasetyo Yudhangkoro, Friday, August 12.
The police are already investigating the scene. This includes checking the feasibility of a pickup truck that has fallen into a ravine.
Meanwhile, efforts to collect information from victims' witnesses have not been carried out intensively because the condition of the passengers and driver are currently being treated at the hospital.
"The statements of the witnesses as colleagues know that the witness who was in the car is still being treated," said the Police Chief.
Seven people, one of them the driver, received medical treatment at the Ciamis Regional General Hospital (RSUD) due to fractures and head injuries due to the single accident.
The incident left eight people dead, six of them died at the scene, and two people were in hospital.
The police concluded that one of the causes of the incident was due to inadequate braking due to carrying too many people and poor road conditions.
Previously, the fateful car with police number E 8393 VJ was driving from the direction of Majalengka Regency to Panjalu, Ciamis Regency, then there was an accident into a ravine on Jalan Raya Sukamantri-Panjalu, Monday (8/8) at around 07.30 WIB.
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.
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