12 Tewas di Tol Cipali Akibat Supir Diserang Penumpang disorot Dunia
Dozen Killed in Indonesia Bus Crash after Passenger Argument
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
DUA BELAS orang tewas dan puluhan lainnya cedera akibat tabrakan beruntun di Km 150 Tol Cikopo - Palimanan [Tol Cipali] setelah seorang penumpang bertikai dengan pengemudi dan berupaya merebut kemudi, kata polisi.
Kecelakaan itu terjadi Senin sekitar pukul 01:00 ketika bus belok mendadak ke jalur yang berlawanan arah, kemudian menabrak dua mobil pribadi dan mengakibatkan truk terguling.
Sekitar 43 orang terluka dalam kecelakaan beruntun dan dilarikan ke rumah sakit, kata polisi.
"Di tengah perjalanan, seorang penumpang berusaha secara paksa mengendalikan setir ... dan bus kemudian kehilangan kendali," Atik Suswanti, kepala unit lalu lintas polisi Majalengka, mengatakan kepada AFP seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Sopir bus tewas, menurut pihak berwenang, sementara penumpang berusia 29 tahun itu terluka parah.
Pada September, setidaknya 21 orang tewas ketika sebuah bus jatuh ke jurang di wilayah Sukabumi, Jawa Barat.
TWELVE people were killed and dozens more injured in an Indonesian traffic accident Monday after a passenger tried to wrest control of a bus steering wheel following an argument with the driver, police said.
The accident happened at around 1:00 am Monday (1800 GMT Sunday) when the coach swerved into oncoming traffic on a toll road in West Java, smashing into two cars and causing a truck to roll.
Some 43 people were injured in the multi-vehicle accident and rushed to hospital, police said.
"In the middle of the journey, a passenger attempted to forcibly take control of the steering wheel... and the bus then lost control," Atik Suswanti, the head of the Majalengka police traffic unit, told AFP.
The bus driver was killed, according to authorities, while the 29-year-old passenger was severely injured.
Traffic accidents are common in the Southeast Asian archipelago, where vehicles are often old and poorly maintained and road rules regularly flouted.
In September, at least 21 people died when a bus plunged into a ravine in West Java´s Sukabumi region.
