Hit and run victim identified

JAKARTA: The victim of a hit and run accident on Jl. Dharmawangsa, South Jakarta, has been identified as Australian Elaine AB, 29, and her body had been taken from Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital morgue by her family, a morgue staff member said on Saturday.

The forensic report indicated that she had consumed alcohol before she died and that her liver was damaged.

On Friday at about 1 a.m., a witness, Ade, said that he spotted Elaine's body lying on Jl. Dharmawangsa in South Jakarta. However, when Ade and two nearby residents were approaching her body, a motorcycle ran over her and left at high speed. -- JP