Failed To Escape, The Driver Of The Car Was Beaten Up By The Crowd After Repeatedly Crashing A Motorcycle On The Road

Residents witnessed the minibus driver being beaten for hit and run/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A minibus driver with license plate number B 1707 POA was battered by the mob for carrying out a hit-and-run action against a number of motorcyclists on Jalan MT Haryono, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta, on Friday, December 23, evening. The perpetrator was rescued from the tantrums of the masses after officers from the Jatinegara Police carried out security. The perpetrators along with the evidence and the victim were also secured to the Jatinegara Police Headquarters. The accident occurred on Jalan MT Haryono around Cawang Station. The perpetrator who was driving the car hit the motorcyclist.

After crashing into it, the perpetrator stepped on the gas again to run away. However, the speed of the perpetrator's vehicle actually hit a number of other motorcyclists who were not far from the initial incident. According to Daman's statement, an eyewitness to the incident, the perpetrator hit the victim's motorbike and then tried to escape. "When he ran away. In front of the Indomobil, the perpetrator crashed again until (the motorbike) was in a lot of a mess. (the victim) more than 3 people (motor drivers)," he told reporters, Friday, December 23, evening. Even so, the perpetrators continued to drive the vehicle engine to Jalan Otista Raya and left the victim just behind. However, the speed of the perpetrator's vehicle just stopped when they were about to go to Jalan Otista Raya, because the traffic conditions were jammed again. "The perpetrator wanted to run away but was confused because of the traffic jam. The first time he was hit by a motorbike, all panicked, he ran into again," he said. The motorcyclists who chased the perpetrators were annoyed. The motorcyclists immediately pulled the perpetrators out and ganged them. For further processing, the cases of successive accidents and hit-and-run cases were handled by the Jatinegara Police.