Indonesia Glass bridge
One tourist killed, as Glass Bridge collapses
One tourist was killed when a glass panel broke on a suspension bridge in Indonesia, the country’s police confirmed, Friday.
The 32-foot-high suspension bridge was a popular tourist attraction in the Limpakuwus Pine Forest in Central Java’s Banyumas Regency. The glass broke while 11 tourists were walking on the bridge at 10 a.m., per The Post.
Indonesia Glass bridge
The incident which occurred on October 25, was however, only made public, Friday.
A video of the incident which went viral on TikTok, garnering over two million views appears to show a person hanging off the bridge and two people pulling the person back up. An object that looks like glass can be seen and heard falling to the ground in the video.
Following the accident, the Banyumas Regency government announced a temporary shutdown of places with glass bridges until they receive functional certificates
Chief of the Bayumas City Police, Edy Suranta Sitepu, disclosed that two people fell to the ground when the bridge’s glass panels shattered, while two others held onto the handles.
According to the police chief, one of the people who fell was killed, while the other suffered minor injuries. Insider has not been able to independently verify how many people were killed or injured.
Agus Supriadi, the head of the criminal investigation unit at Banyumas City Police, also said on October 27 that the construction company that built the bridge was negligent and used thin glass.
The bridge was also poorly maintained and failed to undergo safety testing, Supriadi said. Indonesian police’s public relations division did not respond to Insider’s requests for comment.
Investigators said the glass was less than half an inch thick, per the Post. Each glass panel used on the Grand Canyon Skywalk in Arizona is nearly 3 inches thick and has a top layer of glass that can be replaced if damaged.
According to police, the owner, designer and manager of the bridge, Edi Suseno, has been charged with negligence that led to the death of the tourist. Suseno has since been detained, per the report.
Suseno faces up to five years in prison if found guilty of committing negligence that resulted in either death or serious injury, he police added.
Already, Edi Suseno has been detained or the name of his construction company.
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