Uncle, nephew run over by old sedan on sidewalk

Uncle, nephew run over by old sedan on sidewalk

TANGERANG (JP): A young child was killed instantly with a
broken skull while his uncle died in a medical clinic hours later
after an out-of-control old Chevrolet sedan hit them on a street
sidewalk on Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto, some 500 meters from the new
Cileduk Mall in Cileduk, Tangerang, on Thursday morning.

An officer of Cileduk subprecinct police First. Adj. Insp.
Komarudin, who handled the accident, said the victims were four-
year-old Bagus Aprilia and his uncle Sutrisno, 31, residents of
Jl. KH. Mas Mansyur, Bojong Kunciran, Pinang district of
Tangerang.

Komarudin said the bodies were sent to Tangerang General
Hospital while the Chevrolet's driver, Arif Rahman, 23, a
resident of Jl. Pajak, Cipadu Jaya, Cileduk and his car were
detained at Cileduk Police station.

Quoting the driver, Komarudin said that Arif was driving at
about 60 kilometers per hour, heading to Cileduk from Kebayoran,
South Jakarta, when the car's left door suddenly opened. Arif was
trying to reach the opened door while holding the car's steering
wheel.

He said that Arif lost control of the vehicle, finally hitting
the victims who were standing on the sidewalk.

Separately, Sabit 45, the victims' neighbor told The
Jakarta Post at Tangerang Police Headquarters, later in the
afternoon, that Bagus and Sutrisno were accompanying Aris, 44,
Bagus' father, who was also Sutrisno's elder brother, to buy
several electricity devices at a store across the road.

"Aris asked Sutrisno and his son to wait for him by the
pavement as he needed to buy a roll of electric wire at a store
across the road. But, as soon as Arief crossed the road, the out-
of-control car hit his son and his brother," he said.

He added that Aris immediately fainted upon seeing his
youngest son's brain matter splattered along the sidewalk while
his brother was also dying.

Sabit said Aris, a father of three children was a construction
worker who worked in Kunciran. Sabit also worked at the same
place.

He added that after Aris regained consciousness, he was taken
home, but then fainted again as did his wife, who was deeply
shocked upon learning of the deaths. (01)