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What a mess.
A loaded garbage truck got overturned on Jalan Tentara Pelajar, right next to the Kompas Gramedia Building in Central Jakarta at about 8:15 this morning, causing traffic going towards Slipi to get stuck.
Joni, one of the sanitation workers on the truck, said the vehicle was running slowly before the incident.
“I was smoking on top when suddenly the truck slammed to the left,” Joni said at the scene, while cleaning up the garbage that littered the street, as quoted by Kompas.
When the truck reversed, there was a black Mitsubishi to its left. The truck struck the car and blocked it so it could not move, blocking three lanes on the road and immediately creating a jam.
According to Joni, the driver was drowsy due to a lack of sleep the night before.He swerved the truck into the sidewalk and some trees. That’s when the truck’’s front right axle broke and the truck tipped over. The driver fled the scene.
By 8:40 am, a tow truck came to move the truck while workers continued to clear all the garbage from the road.
