Fix the Horn, Dump Truck Hit by Box Car
CLURING – A tragic accident with one fatality occurred on the Dusun Cempokosari highway, Sarimulyo Desa Village, Cluring District, exactly north of the UBI-STIB campus, yesterday morning (23/7).
The driver is repairing the horn, suddenly run over by his own vehicle after the dump truck was hit by a box car. The unlucky dump truck driver, is Wahyudi, 40, residents of Dusun Krajan, Desa Keradenan, Purwoharjo District.
The victim, who was finally taken to the Genteng Hospital, died at the scene with severe injuries to his body and head. The disaster that befell Wahyudi occurred at 10.00. At that time it was Wahyudi who was driving a dump truck with a DK police number 9436 YG is driving from the south. Because the horn is broken, he stopped north of the UBl-STIB kampus campus.
To check the horn, Wahyudi explores the cable network at the bottom. When the victim is under the dump truck on the left, from the south a box car with the police number AE appears 8504 UX.
The box car transporting fish driven by Sudarmanto, 56, Tuban neighborhood residents, RT 2, RW 2, Sidoharjo Village, Pacitan District/Regency, drove at high speed and hit a parked dump truck.
“The box car grazed the parked dump truck,” Yuyun said, 36, one of the residents around the scene. Because he was grabbed by the box car, The dump truck that was parked was walking alone for five meters.
The irony, At that time, Wahyudi, who was repairing the horn, was right in front of the left front wheel. “Dump truck runs and runs over the driver,” explained the shop owner at the scene.
The accident incident immediately attracted the attention of residents. The main highway majoring Banyuwangi-Jember, got disturbed. The victim who died with quite serious injuries to the head and body, by residents directly sent to the Genteng Hospital.
Members of the Muncar Police Traffic Unit who arrived at the location, declined to comment on the accident that left one person dead. Meanwhile, the Head of Traffic Police of Muncar Sector, Iptu Kateno can't be reached. “Just go straight, yes,” said one member of the Muncar Police Traffic Unit.
Until o'clock 12.00, the rest of the accident is still scattered. Box cars and dump trucks are also still at the scene. Fish transport box car, looks broken on the left side. Those two cars, then secured at the Muncar Police. (radar)
