inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Although Sigit Winarno (65) has been named a suspect in the fatal traffic accident case at Km 77+200 Pandaan-Malang Toll Road, Lawang District, Malang Regency, the police continue to investigate this case. 

They are looking for evidence of negligence on the part of PT. Rapi Trans Logistik Indonesia as the owner of the Mitsubishi Fuso truck driven by SW.

On his occasion, Head of Traffic Unit of Malang Sub-regional Police, Police Senior Inspector Widyagana Putra Dhirotsaha, said that the investigation so far has gone smoothly as SW is very cooperative.

Now his party is conducting development to find out whether there is an element of negligence in the condition of the vehicle, one of which is by examining PT. Rapi Trans Logistik Indonesia as the owner of the Mitsubishi Fuso truck which was the cause of the accident.

"We called (the truck owner) as we have sent the summons letter, we will update it as soon as possible," he said, as reported by the idntimes page, on Friday (12/27/2024).

For information, it is known that in the investigation, it was revealed that PT Rapi Trans Logistik Indonesia often missed checking the water and radiator temperatures.

In fact, the radiator pipe had even come off before the accident, this condition caused the truck engine to overheat.

Furthermore, the Head of Traffic Police of Malang Sub-regional Police, said that the possibility of adding suspects was still open. But he did not want to discuss this further, they still wanted to focus on the investigation first.

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