Mob attacks Metrominis after traffic accident<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of people attacked three Metromini
\nbuses near the Senen Inpres market in Central Jakarta, after one
\nof the minibuses crushed a woman to death on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
The rough street justice, which has become more frequent in
\nthe capital during the past year, left the three minibuses
\nseverely damaged.<\/p>\n
Rocks and wooden sticks were used by the crowd to shatter the
\nwindows of the minibuses, drivers of which are notorious for
\ntheir reckless speeding.<\/p>\n
The people's anger was sparked after witnessing a Metromini
\nwith the number P-03 plying the Senen-Rawamangun route attempting
\nto overtake another minibus on a similar route. The minibus hit a
\nyoung woman, later identified as Elijah, 20, at the entrance to
\nthe crowded Senen Inpres market at about 7:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Elijah, who worked as a maid, was with her two employers,
\nWisma and his wife Titin, to buy foodstuffs at the market.<\/p>\n
Wisma said Elijah, who was about to disembark from the
\nminibus' front door, lost her balance and fell onto the road.<\/p>\n
\"The minibus was moving slowly on the right side of the street
\nwhen at the same time another P-03 Metromini passed from the left
\nside of the minibus at high speed in a bid to overtake their
\nbus,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The minibus driver speeding from behind failed to control his
\nvehicle and immediately crushed Elijah.<\/p>\n
The right-rear wheel of the bus smashed Elijah's head causing
\ninstant death, Wisma said at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.<\/p>\n
The accident quickly attracted hundreds of onlookers and
\nmarket traders to the scene, with many stoning the minibuses.<\/p>\n
\"The drivers and conductors of the two minibuses fled the
\nscene,\" Wisma said.<\/p>\n
According to a witness, Ade, the group also stopped another
\nmetromini P-03, which approached the nearby Senen bus terminal a
\nfew minutes later.<\/p>\n
The deceased, who had begun working for Titin only two weeks
\nago, was the eighth of nine children from a family from Depok,
\nsouth of here. The father, Husen, was in shock after hearing of
\nthe death of his daughter.<\/p>\n
Sgt. Maj. Djani of the Senen Police subprecinct said police
\nwere investigating the case. (asa\/04)<\/p>",
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