An Angkot Driver In Medan Who Ran Away, Jumped Into The River After A Motorist Collision Gave Himself Up To The Police

MEDAN - An angkot driver in Medan who fled jumped into a river after hitting an online motorcycle taxi driver and turned himself in to the police.

At the time of the incident, Wednesday, December 22, the driver of this angkot immediately ran away and hit the motorcyclist. Meanwhile, the passengers got out of the bus.

In the video circulating, this angkot car stopped on the side of the road. Residents also gathered at the scene.

After the incident, the angkot driver in Medan turned himself in to the Medan Baru Police.

"It's true that last night's accident occurred when one of the angkots hit an ojol driver. The person concerned fled and plunged himself into the river. Earlier, the driver turned himself in to the new Medan Police," said Head of Public Relations of the North Sumatra Police, Kombes Hadi Wahyudi, Thursday, December 23.

The angkot driver is being investigated intensively by the Medan Baru Police Satlantas Unit team. "Currently being examined. Including urine examination, "he explained.

The detailed chronology of the incident when an angkot driver hit another driver on the streets of Medan is not yet known.

"I have not received the results of the investigator's initial examination. What is clear is that he feels guilty and is afraid to save himself, because several people are being chased by him," said Kombes Hadi.

"The owner of the angkot must be summoned. We also don't know if he is a substitute driver or the original one," he said.