TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Two officers of Jasa Marga Toll Road Services (LJT) were hit by a car while evacuating a car that got into an accident in Jagorawi Toll road on Friday. Due to the accident taking place in KM 45 from Jakarta at 6.20 in the afternoon, July 28, one officer was dead in the scene.
"While securing the lane by setting rubber cones to prepare to evacuate a vehicle on the second lane, two LJT officers were hit from the back by a passing car," AVP Corporate Communication of Jasa Marga Dwimawan Heru explained.
Dwimawan continued that before the incident, the officers were evacuating three mini buses that got into an accident. Two mini buses were evacuated to the roadside, while the other minibus was still in the second lane.
The incident also caused the other officer, towing services officer, and a driver whose vehicle was evacuated suffer from serious injury. Dwimawan added that the driver was brought to Pertamedika Sentul Hospital, while the officer was taken to a hospital around Ciawi.
"The dead officer has been evacuated to PMI Hospital in Bogor," said the Jasa Marga AVP Corporate Communication.
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