Traffic accident kills
driver on Jl. Sudirman

A speeding Toyota Avanza MPV hit a tree, burst into flames and killed the unidentified driver on Jl. Sudirman on Thursday morning. The car is currently at the Jakarta Police compound while the remains of the driver have been taken to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital’s morgue for identification.

“The car was going very fast and it suddenly hit a tree and then caught on fire,” head of Jakarta Police traffic accident Comr. Miyanto said as quoted by kompas.com.

He said the police were still trying to identify whether the driver was in a good condition to drive. So far the police could only confirm that the driver was male and the car’s document was under the name of PT Suryo Sudiro, with an address registered in Cinere, Depok.

Noone had yet claimed either the driver or the car.

There has been an increase in the number of traffic accidents in Jakarta lately with the drivers under the influence of drugs. For example a Porsche sedan hit another car at the Sudirman business district, the Porsche driver was found to have consumed drugs. Both the Porsche driver and passenger were named suspects in the reckless driving case.

by : thejakartapost.com