Driver hits police car

Police have detained a driver of a sand truck who deliberately slammed his vehicle into a police patrol van on Thursday in Pekajon, Bekasi.

The driver identified only as JB, 21, ran his truck into the van carrying a group of policemen who were trying to apprehend him after he had hit a Toyota Kijang van and a motorcycle, a police spokesman said as quoted by Kompas.

"He sped up after hitting the Toyota and the bike. The police managed to overtake and intercept his car at a railway crossing. However instead of surrendering to police JB, apparently nervous and frightened, rammed his truck into the police patrol van," said the spokesman.(bas)