TANAH DATAR, POTRETKITA.net — For regular users of the provincial road that connects Kubukarambie with Batusangkar, West Sumatra Province, seeing cars fall into ditches, crash into ravines, flip over with wheels up, lying in people's yards, has become a routine song.
There were rumors of a motor vehicle accident there. The accident-prone area, known as the Kelok Sikumbang area, is located in Nagari Batipuah Ateh to the border of Sungai Ungkang, Nagari Sabu. The length of the vulnerable road is about five kilometers. There have been various types of vehicles that have had a single accident there. It must not take any lives, but the material losses are certainly not small.
The last incident occurred at dusk last Sunday and Monday (24-25/7/2022). On Sunday, two vehicles or vans jumped off the highway and lay in the yard of a resident's house. The distance between the first and second car plunges is only about half an hour. Monday, a pick up entered the sewers.
It also happened, a car, which later was a member of the police, plunged through the road divider, until it overturned to the bottom. The wheels are already facing up. The white minibus jumped from the road to a height of about three meters.
The story that developed, the driver admitted that he was at the scene of the incident (TKP), the steering wheel seemed to be locked. Can not be deflected until then free fall. The victim who was driving the vehicle suddenly couldn't control the steering wheel which felt as if it was locked.
Although there is no exact data, but based on the experience of going back and forth on this route, it is estimated that in the last five years dozens of vehicles have had a single accident in the area. There is a BPBD car, a police chief's car, a Transportation Service official's car, the head of the office's car, the school principal's car, a truck loaded with plywood, a bus carrying a group of school children traveling to West Sumatra, and others. Surprisingly, there were no fatalities in each incident.
A resident of Jorong Subarang Nagari Batipuah Ateh said the area was prone to accidents. In addition to slippery road conditions, uphill and many bends, safety fences and street lighting are also minimal.
Mystical stories also circulated by word of mouth related to the events at Kelok Sikumbang. But most of the drivers who have experienced problems in this area admit that just before the incident their minds felt blank and the steering wheel seemed to be locked.
Whatever the cause, the relevant agencies should conduct an in-depth study, what's really going on at Kelok Sikumbang? (MUSRIADI MUSANIF)
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