Viral Car Plate Dislodged After Student Hit-and-Run Vehicle In Denpasar, Driver Has Student Status

Denpasar Police Chief AKBP Bambang Yugo Pamungkas/PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

DENPASAR - Denpasar Police have investigated the perpetrators of the hit-and-run of two female students on Jalan Puputan, Renon, Denpasar Bali. The driver of the car with the initials PSE (2), a student.

"She is a student having her address at Panjer, Denpasar. She lives there. Why did she run away (at the time of the incident), because she was afraid and it was in the middle of the night, and she had just returned from a friend's house. She is not drunk, we have tested it and already has a driver's license," said Denpasar Police Chief AKBP Bambang Yugo Pamungkas, Thursday, June 23.

After the hit-and-run incident went viral, PSE contacted the victim to resolve the issue. But three days later, the victim reported the case to the police.

"And three days later, the reporter reported the incident. After that, on that day, the identity was obtained and then we called the person concerned and came," he added.

Currently the student who hit the student is still a reported status. According to the police, the victim wants the case to be resolved through restorative justice.

"The victim or complainant asks for restorative justice, because (the victim) has no problem and the person concerned (the crasher) wants to replace it," he said.

It was previously reported that two students with the initials AA (18) and PAA (17) were victims of a hit-and-run in the area of Letda Tantular Renon, Denpasar, Bali. The license plate of the car that hit it fell off and was left on the road.

The Head of Public Relations of the Denpasar Police, Iptu Ketut Sukadi, said that the license plate for the car that had been removed was B 2296 TRA.

Two of these students were hit while riding a motorcycle. As a result, both students suffered injuries and were taken to Sanglah Hospital, Bali. The collision occurred at a crossroads. The car 'butted' the motorbike brought by the schoolgirl.