Rail Crossing Supervision Must Be Tightened, Djarot Says
access_time May 19 2016 05:54 PM remove_red_eye 1290
Reported by Suriaman Panjaitan | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Reported by Suriaman Panjaitan | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Jakarta Vice Governor, Djarot Saiful Hidayat requests PT. Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) advancing the supervision of rail crossing. Allegedly, today’s accident between Transjakarta, car, and train was caused by late gate closing the rail crossing.
The crossing is authority of PT KAI as well as the gate. So please control it well
“The crossing is authority of PT KAI as well as the gate. So please control it well,” he said, Thursday (5/19).
According to him, Jakarta Provincial Government needs to think again bringing the case to the court. Further investigation is still needed to uncover the accident.
Traffic at Gunung Sahari Rail Crossing Back to Normal“If the accident is caused by negligence of gate keeper, sanction should not directly be given. His duty is hard. We need to deepen the case first,” he closed.
