Several people were rescued after a truck flattened at least four homes in Padang on August 31.

Footage shows officials attempting to cut free the surviving victims of the horror crash that was caused by a brake failure.

One DamTruc Car Unit experienced a breakdown on Jalan Raya Indarung, Lubuk Kilangan, Padang City, West Sumatra. At least 4 residents' houses have been swept away by trucks suspected of having failed brakes while crossing the decline, Thursday. (31/08/2023).

In the Remblong truck incident, three people became victims, one of whom was the driver of the truck who died pinned in the car. So that the evacuation lasted dramatically for two hours.

The car that came from Sitinjau Lawik headed for the city of Padang loaded with coal, lost control and was suspected of having experienced a remblong. The driver admitted that he deliberately crashed into a resident's house because there were many vehicles in front.

One person who owns Tiko Apotik was the victim of an accident, suffered injuries, so he was taken to the nearest hospital to receive intensive treatment by the hospital.

While Driver and Kenek were trapped in the car, the two-hour evacuation took place dramatically. The kenek of the car died while the driver survived after being evacuated by the Sar team.

One eyewitness said. Dodi Kurnia said. The fast car drove from the decline of the Sitinjau lawik curve until it crashed into the house.

"One owner of the dispensary was injured, so he was taken to the nearest hospital, while another owner of the house suffered minor injuries," he said.

Currently, Padang City Search and Rescue Team officers are struggling to carry out evacuations, until now the driver and kenek have not been able to evacuate because they are trapped in the car.

"The latest information is that the car driver died and the Damtruk assistant survived, but is still being evacuated," he explained.

Meanwhile, Commander of the Padang City Basarnas Team, Yudi Riva, said that the evacuation of two victims, namely the driver and the driver of the car, were trapped in the car due to an accident.

"The victims were evacuated by a joint search and rescue team, TNI, Polri, Damkar, Basarnas and local residents who worked hard to evacuate the victims for two hours," he said.

The SAR team succeeded in evacuating the two victims in the car on behalf of Afendi as the driver and Sugangga, the victim who died as the driver of the truck.

"We experienced difficulties evacuating the victims, where the victims were pinned down and in a pile of wood from a truck crash, so we tried to evacuate for two hours," he explained.