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A tragic accident claimed the life of a motorcyclist on Jalan MT Haryono or Tanjakan Mazda Balikpapan on Wednesday (27/3/2024) morning. A container truck that lost control crashed into a motorcyclist and killed him on the spot.The ten-wheeled truck was traveling from Jalan Soekarno-Hatta towards MT Haryono RSKD. While on the Mazda ramp, the truck lost control and swerved to the right. On the opposite lane, a motorcycle could not avoid and collided with the truck.
As a result of the violent collision, the motorcycle was split in two and caught fire. The motorcyclist did not survive and died at the scene. The container loaded by the truck was dislodged and the truck itself hit a shophouse.
Joko, one of the eyewitnesses, said that he only heard a loud crash before seeing the truck hit the shophouse.
Kasatlantas Polresta Balikpapan, Kompol Ropiyani, through Kanit Laka Satlantas Polresta Balikpapan, Ipda Danang Suparman, explained that the incident is estimated to have occurred at 06.00 Wita.
The victim died on the spot and was rushed to the nearest hospital. The truck driver was taken to the Balikpapan Police Station for questioning regarding the cause of the accident.
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Manaus, Brazil
Avenida E, conjunto Sérgio Pessoa Neto (I think this means neighborhood?)
No further info yet
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Chelyabinsk, Russia
The night before, on March 26, in the Kalininsky Rayon of Chelyabinsk, the driver of a Volvo V50 foreign car hit a pedestrian at full speed who was trying to run across the road at a red traffic light. Footage of the accident was captured on city surveillance cameras.
Everything happened at 22:52 near the house number 30 on Rossiyskaya Street (intersection with Pobedy Avenue).
— According to preliminary data, an unidentified driver, driving a Volvo V50 car, hit a pedestrian crossing the roadway at a controlled pedestrian crossing at a traffic light prohibiting signal, after which the unidentified driver left the scene of the accident, — commented the city Traffic Police. — As a result of the accident, a pedestrian, a 25-year-old man, died on the spot from his injuries.
The footage from the cameras shows that the young man was walking on a red light. The driver, trying to avoid a collision, went to the left, but the frightened pedestrian also took two steps back, which led to irreparable consequences. A foreign car with traces of an accident was found near the scene of the emergency. Now the traffic police are looking for the driver.