Concrete mixer truck crashes into Bekasi bus stop, 6 dead
Police said 12 people were hit; six were injured and taken to three hospitals, while the driver is being questioned.
A concrete mixer truck crashed into a bus stop on Jalan Cut Mutia, Rawalumbu, Kota Bekasi, killing six people on Sunday at around 16.30 WIB. Police said there were 12 victims in all, including women, men and children. According to the driver and witnesses, the truck was traveling from the direction of Universitas Muhammadiyah Indonesia toward Rawa Panjang when it went out of control while descending a slope on the bridge in front of the BSI campus because the brakes failed. The driver tried to steer the vehicle into the wall at the BSI campus gate, but could not stop the truck before it struck people waiting for a bus. One body was taken to RS Siloam Rawa Panjang and five to RSUD Kota Bekasi. Four injured victims were treated at RS Juwita and two others at RS Siloam. Police have taken the driver into custody and prepared a tow truck to remove the vehicle.