REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Eight pedestrians were killed and five others wounded in a single car accident in M Riwan Rais Street, Central Jakarta, on Sunday. The accident is believed to be the worst one in a decade in the area dubbed by the police as "safe lanes".
The deadly accident took place when Afriyani Susanti (29 year old) recklessly drove her minivan, a Xenia with the police number B 2479 XI, speeding at 70 kilometer per hour. The car was on the way to Tugu Tani when later it hit some pedestrians on the sidewalk. Eight pedestrians died in instant, the youngest victims as young as 2.5 year old.
Some witnesses said, the car was driven a very high speed in a zig-zag manner before hit several group of the innocent victims, walking in the sidewalk. In an interview, the driver, Susanti, claimed that the brake failure caused her lost the balance. Yet, the police cannot confirm her claim and the accident is still under investigation.
According to another police officer, Susanti also failed to show her diving license and car’s document. The car is known as a borrowed one from a friend.
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