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Cabbie's body found, death toll of cab plunge accident rises to five
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Jakarta police have found the body of the Sepakat taxi driver who crashed into a pool at Pier 004 at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta, marking the fifth casualty from the accident at dawn on Monday. (Tempo.co/File)
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akarta police have found the body of the Sepakat taxi driver who crashed into a pool at Pier 004 at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta, marking the fifth casualty from the accident at dawn on Monday.
The driver, M.T. Mujianto, was found later on Monday after port authorities found the bodies of the four passengers at 5 a.m. not long after the incident took place.
“We have found all of the victims. We assumed the driver didn’t understand the directions there, especially when there was huge rainfall when the accident happened,” Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Cmr. Awi Setiono said at the Jakarta Police headquarters on Tuesday.
Footage from Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) at the port showed the taxi circling the area, which indicated the driver's confusion over directions. In the video recording, the taxi moved together with another car behind it, explained Awi.
After the taxi plunged into the pool, passengers in the aforementioned car tried to help the victims but the attempt came to no avail, he added.
Jakarta Police will still proceed with the investigation as they do not want to rule out other possibilities which may have led to the accident. Jakarta Police investigators cooperated with the port's security personnel to further examine the matter, Awi said.
The four other victims were Heriyansyah, Medi, Yusarmanto and M. Amin Hudori, all crewmen of the Totot II Jambi and Yang Viti I Jakarta vessels that were currently docked at the seaport. (rin)
