Supir Taksi Wanita Tewas Tertimpa Bangunan Runtuh
Female Cab Driver Died after the Front of a Building Collapsed
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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IBU tiga anak tewas ketika sebuah bangunan runtuh menimpa mobil taksi yang dikendarainya di pusat kota London saat terjadi badai di ibu kota Inggris tersebut.
Sopir taksi Julie Sillitoe, 49, dinyatakan meninggal di tempat kejadian, di seberang stasiun Holborn Underground.
Penumpangnya, seorang pria berusia 25 tahun dan seorang wanita 24 tahun, saat ini sedang dirawat di rumah sakit, seperti dilansir Mail Online.
Seorang juru bicara Scotland Yard mengatakan: 'Julie Sillitoe, 49, dari London utara, tewas setelah insiden semalam di Holborn. Dia wanita menikah, tiga anak menjelang berusia dewasa dan bekerja sebagai sopir taksi."
Potongan besar batu jatuh menimpa mobil perak Skoda Octavia sekitar 23:05 tadi malam.
Seorang juru bicara Scotland Yard mengatakan: "Sebagian bangunan depan runtuh menimpa mobil Skoda Octavia."
"Mobil itu sedang parkir pada saat reruntuhan bangunan menimpanya."
Keluarga terdekat telah diberitahu tetapi belum diidentifikasi secara resmi.
Penumpang laki-laki, yang berada di dalam mobil, mengalami cedera kaki.
Penumpang wanita tersebut berhasil menyelamatkan diri setelah keluar dari bagian belakang mobil. Luka-luka yang dialaminya tidak mengancam keselamatan jiwanya, kata polisi.
Korban keempat, diyakini seorang pria pejalan kaki, juga terluka dan dibawa ke rumah sakit, seperti dikemukakan London Ambulance Service (LAS).
Sebanyak 10 orang dievakuasi dari gedung-gedung di dekatnya sebagai tindakan pencegahan.
LAS mengaku telah mengirim ambulans, sebagai respon cepat mengutus seorang dokter dan paramedis dari ambulans udara London ke TKP, yang pertama di antaranya tiba dalam waktu dua menit setelah kejadian.
High Holborn tetap tertutup sementara selama tim penyidik dari kepolisian setempat memeriksa di tempat kejadian perkara (TKP), kata juru bicara polisi.
Puing berserakan di sekitar mobil yang rusak, yang dikelilingi oleh garis polisi di luar cabang McDonald.
A MOTHER-OF-THREE was killed when a building collapsed on her minicab in central London during the storms.
Minicab driver Julie Sillitoe, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene, opposite Holborn Underground station.
Her passengers, a 25-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, are currently being treated in hospital.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'Julie Sillitoe, 49, of north London, died following the incident last night in Holborn. She was married, with three grown-up sons and worked as a minicab driver.'
Large chunks of masonry fell on to her silver Skoda Octavia at about 11.05pm last night.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'A front portion of the building had collapsed on to a Skoda Octavia car.
'The car was stationary at the time of the building collapse.'
Next of kin have been informed but formal identification has yet to take place.
The male passenger, who was trapped in the car, suffered leg injuries.
The female passenger managed to free herself from the rear of the vehicle. Their injuries are not life-threatening, police said.
A fourth person, believed to be a male passer-by, was also injured and taken to hospital, London Ambulance Service (LAS) said.
A further 10 people were evacuated from nearby buildings as a precaution.
LAS said it sent ambulance crews, rapid responders and a doctor and paramedic from London's air ambulance to the scene, the first of whom arrived within two minutes.
High Holborn remains closed while investigators examine the scene, a police spokesman said.
Rubble lay strewn around the damaged car, which was surrounded by police tape outside a branch of McDonald's.
