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Eight die in accident involving 21 vehicles on Bandung-Jakarta toll road

Jasa Marga personnel assist in lifting cars involved in an accident on the Cipularang
toll road’s Purbaleunyi section in Purwakarta, West Java, on Monday. (ANTARA
FOTO/Ibnu Chazar)

Arya Dipa (The Jakarta Post) Bandung ● Mon, September 2, 2019

At least eight people were killed and dozens others injured in a road accident involving
21 vehicles on the Purbaleunyi section of the Bandung-Jakarta toll road in Purwakarta
regency, West Java, on Monday. The accident took place at around 1 p.m. local time.

West Java Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko said the victims
had been taken to three nearby hospitals, namely MH Thamrin Hospital, Siloam
Hospital and Bayu Asih Hospital. He said that apart from the eight fatalities, three
people were in critical condition while 29 others were injured in the accident.

He said that apart from the eight fatalities, three people were in critical condition while
29 others were inured in the accident.

“Seven people died at MH Thamrin Hospital; four from serious burns,” he said. State-
owned toll operator PT Jasa Marga has applied a contraflow traffic system to ease
congestion on the toll road after the accident.
“Jasa Marga’s Purbaleunyi section office is working with police officers and nearby
hospitals to conduct a rescue operation. Ambulances, fire trucks and rescue vehicles
have been deployed to transport victims and remove the vehicles,” Jasa Marga
corporate communication and community development head Dwimawan Heru said in
a written statement on Monday.

According to the National Police traffic corps’ director of law enforcement, Brig. Gen.
Pujiono Dulrahman, the accident started when a dump truck tipped on its side at Km-
91 of the toll road.

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