Deadly Truck Driver Kills 5 Pilgrims In West Bandung Becomes Suspect
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The truck driver with the initials HS carrying a group of pilgrims was named a suspect in a fatal accident on Jalan Kampung Leuwiudah, Saguling District, West Bandung Regency.

HS is considered to have violated using his vehicle as a means of transportation for passengers, causing 5 people to die.

"Driving vehicles is not what it should be, cargo vehicles are for transporting people, as well as failures in the brake function, causing accidents," said Head of Law Enforcement Unit (Gakkum) Cimahi Police Traffic Unit Ipda Bayu Subakti in Cimahi, West Java, Thursday February 1

He explained that the determination of the suspect HS after the police conducted an investigation and examined a number of witnesses.

The police also carried out marathon examinations and processed the crime scene (TKP) of an accident on Jalan Kampung Leuwiudah.

With the status of a suspect, now the HS truck driver is being held at the Cimahi Police Headquarters detention center.

"For his negligence, the truck driver was charged with Articles 310 paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and/or Article 311 paragraph (3), (4), (5) of Law Number 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation with a penalty of 6 years to 12 years in prison," he said.

On Friday, January 26, five people were killed and a number of other people injured in a single accident on Jalan Kampung Leuwiudah, Saguling District, West Bandung Regency.

This single accident involved a truck numbered D-8304-WE which brought as many as 28 groups of pilgrims traveling from Cianjur to return to West Bandung.

The truck allegedly lost control so that all passengers rolled over and were thrown lying on the highway.


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