Girl killed by hit-and-run truck

Girl killed by hit-and-run truck

JAKARTA (JP): A 17-year-old schoolgirl was crushed to death by
a speeding trailer truck in a hit-and-run accident on Jl. Raya
Cakung-Cilincing in East Jakarta early Tuesday.

The victim, Siska Indriyani, a resident of Kampung Kayu Tinggi
in Cakung, was about to cross the busy road when the juggernaut
coming from Tanjung Priok port hit her.

Siska, the eldest of three children, died instantly.

"We only recognized her school uniform and her bag," Nurli, a
relative of the victim, said.

Siska, who left her house at 5 a.m., was supposed to deliver
fried bananas and other homemade snacks to cafeterias along the
road before she went to school, Nurli said.

Nurli said that Siska had become the family's backbone since
her father left three years ago.

"Her mother is still unconscious (in shock) and we don't know
her father's whereabouts."

He added that all her funeral expenses would be borne by his
family.

"We don't know how Siska's mother will live from now with her
two small children," he said, adding that Siska's younger
brothers were only seven and three years old.

Nurli's family plans to bury the teenager at the Budi Dharma
Public Cemetery in North Jakarta. (emf)