BANYUWANGI – A fatal accident involving a motorbike and a truck in the Jalan Raya Situbondo Ketapang Banyuwangi area caused two lives to be lost, Wednesday (22/11).
This accident occurred precisely in front of the Sritanjung Bus Terminal, Ketapang Village, Kalipuro District. The truck loaded with building construction has the plate number DR 8705 AZ is driven by Melianto Bolang (30) resident of Jalan Raya Senggigi Blok J number 2 Sandik Village, Batu Layar District, Mataram Regency, NTB, moving from south to north.
"I departed from Selamat Lombok to send the building construction goods to Surabaya," said Melianto.
From north to south in the opposite direction, riding a Yamaha Jupiter motorbike with the plate number DK 4358 FQ driven by Rudi Hartono (41) residents of Kampung Kilen Selatan Hamlet, RT 003 RW 002 Kilensari Village, Panarukan–Situbondo District riding with his wife, Ernawati (36).
Based on information collected in the field, The two victims left their house to go to Bali, because all this time they have been working on the island of the gods.
“Just at the crime scene, I saw the victim's motorbike moving towards the middle of the road after overtaking a Tossa motorbike loaded with rubbish and I gave a light signal so that the victim steered his motorbike to the left.," he explained.
as a result, motorcyclist, Rudi Hartono suffered open fractures to his right leg and left hand. And the ribs were broken and penetrated the lung tissue, causing the victim to die because he couldn't breathe. While on the victim's chest there was a truck tire mark, while the victim's nose continued to bleed.
The victim's wife was unconscious with fractures to her right knee and right shoulder. However, after undergoing medical treatment for approx 3 jam, In the end, the victim's wife also died.
Meanwhile, Head of Laka Police Banyuwangi, Iptu Budi Hermawan said, based on the results of temporary crime scene processing, This incident occurred allegedly because the motorcyclist was sleepy so he lost his balance and crashed into a truck.
"We will continue to investigate this case by asking information from several eyewitnesses at the location,” concluded Kanit Laka.
