Toyota Calya Hits Head on in Mount Sahari, Hits Several Vehicles Including a Police Car

JAKARTA - A black Toyota Calya LCGC type car with the number D 1640 AHB crashed into a number of motorcycles and cars on Jalan Gunung Sahari, Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta on Wednesday, February 25, afternoon.

In addition to hitting a number of motorcyclists, the driver of the Toyota Calya also hit a traffic patrol car of the Central Jakarta Metro Police who was conducting a pursuit.

The incident was recorded by an amateur camera of a driver who passed by the scene. In the amateur video recording, the car was traveling in the opposite direction and hit several motorcycles that were heading towards Ancol.

After hitting, the driver of the car did not stop his vehicle. The driver instead drove in the opposite direction towards Senen, even though there was a traffic jam on the road.

The car driven by the perpetrator was suspected of trying to escape after hitting a number of vehicles at the location.

However, because the situation was stuck, the car driven by the perpetrator stopped until it finally backed up and hit an online motorcycle taxi (ojol) driver until the ojol fell.

Then the car sped away until it hit another car coming from the opposite direction. The angry residents immediately chased the car driven by the perpetrator and damaged it.

The glass of the back and side of the car driven by the perpetrator was forced to be destroyed by the crowd who were furious at his actions.

The Satlantas patrol car in Central Jakarta, which also hit, was also hit by the perpetrator.

The situation got stuck, the perpetrator then did not flinch when the car he was driving was surrounded by the crowd who had surrounded him. The crowd then went berserk and damaged the car.

The perpetrator was once the target of a mob. Fortunately, the perpetrator was successfully secured by the police and taken to the Central Jakarta Police Chief for further processing.

Head of Public Relations of the Central Jakarta Metro Police, Iptu Erlyn Sumantri confirmed the incident.

"The case is handled by the Jakarta Central Laka Restro Unit," he said when confirmed by VOI, Wednesday, February 25, evening.