Seputarkarawang.com - Karawang, A fatal accident tragedy struck the main route of Pantura Kotabaru, Karawang Regency, West Java, involving a consecutive collision of four vehicles on Tuesday night (24/3/2026). This unfortunate incident involving a bus, a box container truck, a minibus and a motorbike resulted in a motorbike rider reportedly dying at the scene due to serious head injuries. Officers immediately evacuated the victim's body to the Medika Jatisari Central Hospital for further treatment. Based on witness statements in the field, it is currently suspected that the accident was triggered by the front vehicle suddenly braking suddenly. The container truck driver, Nasuha, revealed that a bus in front of him stopped suddenly so that the vehicles behind him did not have time to escape. "The vehicle in front suddenly stopped, those of us behind didn't have time to brake and in the end there was a series of collisions," said Nasuha when giving a statement at the scene.
As a result of this series of accidents, traffic flow on the Pantura Karawang Route experienced long traffic jams in both directions, both towards Jakarta and Cirebon. The process of evacuating wrecked vehicles takes quite a long time because the vehicles are locked together in the middle of the road. The traffic jam only started to unravel after police officers carried out traffic engineering and shifted the vehicles involved in the accident to the shoulder of the road. Karawang Police Traffic Accident Unit officers who arrived at the location immediately carried out a crime scene investigation (TKP) and collected information from a number of eyewitnesses to confirm the exact chronology. The police are also focused on evacuating the fleet involved so that the Pantura logistics route can return to normal, considering the high volume of vehicles in the Kotabaru area during the 2026 Eid Backflow period.Until this news was published, the police were still conducting an in-depth investigation to determine the suspect in this deadly incident. The Karawang Police Traffic Unit appealed to all road users, especially motorbike riders, to continue to increase vigilance and maintain a safe distance from vehicles when crossing the busy Pantura route to avoid similar accidents in the future.
