Fallen Trees Hit 3 Cars & 1 Motorcycle
Reported by Rio Sandiputra | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
An angsana tree on Jalan Sekolah Kencana 3, RT 03/15, Pondok
Pinang, South Jakarta, fallen after heavy rain accompanied by strong winds
poured part of Jakarta. The incident also damaged a car and a motorcycle parked
under tree.
The tree fell at around 2 PM. Its sound is like swirling wind
"The tree fell at around 2 PM. Its sound is like
swirling wind," said Pratama (45), one of security officers, Wednesday
(11/26).
Around 10 minutes later, he continued, the tree as high as 7
meters and diameter of 30 centimeters fallen. Allegedly, it is due to old roots
that can no longer hold strong winds. "The fallen tree then hit the Toyota
car DK 808 YO and Yamaha Jupiter motorcycle B 6165 SIP," he told.
There was no casualty reported in the incident. The tree has
not been evacuated more than 30 minutes. "We cut the tree with available
tool because the South Jakarta Parks Sub-Department officers have not arrived.
The tree damaged car's door and motorcycle's rearview mirror," he
detailed.
Similar incident is also spotted in Cipete Selatan, causing
traffic congestion along Jalan Pangeran Antasari. The Tanjung tree which is
located beside Cipete Selatan Market and banyan tree on the roadside towards
Jalan TB Simatupang has covered part of road. "I firstly heard a tornado
sound and then trees fallen," uttered Jakino, one of motorcycle taxi
drivers.
According to him, the trees had hit 2 cars type Nissan
Serena B 1943 EKU and Korea B 588 WU. "But the car is not damage and then
set off again. But the Korea car had a little dent in the roof," he
expressed.
Due to this condition, traffic flow on Jalan Pangeran
Antasari congested up to 20 kilometers.
