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MRT Jakarta takes responsibility for Jl. Wijaya accident
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Men work on a section of the Lebak Bulus MRT station in South Jakarta on Feb. 1. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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T MRT Jakarta said on Saturday that it accepted full responsibility for an accident in South Jakarta, in which a concrete slab fell from a crane and hit a motorcycle and a car.
In the incident on Friday evening, the piece of concrete was about to be assembled for an elevated track of the MRT project on Jl. Wijaya.
Having escaped the falling concrete, the motorcyclist suffered only minor injuries. He was rushed to Pertamina Hospital (RSPP) in South Jakarta and was allowed to go home the same evening, said MRT Jakarta corporate secretary Tubagus Hikmatullah.
"We will, however, keep monitoring him until he is fully recovered. All costs for his recovery are our responsibility," he told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
(Read also: MRT concrete piece falls on Jl. Wijaya)
He said the incident also severely damaged a car, but the driver was uninjured. The company would also pay all the costs of fixing the car.
Following Friday's incident, PT MRT Jakarta suspended lifting work to investigate the issue.
"The lifting is temporarily halted until the investigation result is issued, at the latest this afternoon," he said, adding that the company's construction director, Silvia Halim, and several officials were currently asking contractors and consultants in the project about the accident. (wit)
