Speeding ambulance kills two

Speeding ambulance kills two

TANGERANG: An ambulance collided with a motorcycle taxi, or
ojek, late on Sunday near the Duta Garden housing estate in Benda
district, killing both the ojek driver and his passenger.

Witnesses said the ambulance, which serves the Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II, was speeding
on its way to the airport at 10:15 p.m.

Ojek driver Syarifuddin, 35, who came from the opposite
direction, also at high speeds, lost control and the vehicles
collided. Syarifuddin and passenger Royafini, 31, were thrown off
the motorcycle.

Deputy chief of the Tangerang traffic police, Insp. Titik
Setiowati, said they were handling the case. -- JP