Young boy dies in burning car

Young boy dies in burning car

JAKARTA (JP): A two-and-a-half-year-old boy died after the
engine of his father's minivan exploded.

According to a relative of the victim, the boy, identified as
Harry Kurniawan, might have been sleeping when the blast occurred
in front of Ketilang kindergarten at the State Islamic Teaching
Institute housing complex in Ciputat, Tangerang, on Friday
morning.

Harry's father, M. Ichsan, 43, who used the van to transport
students, was taken to Ciputat police subprecinct for
questioning.

The boy's body was taken to Cipto Mangunkusumo General
Hospital for a postmortem examination.

Iman, a family relative, told reporters at the hospital that
the engine exploded and set fire to the vehicle when Ichsan tried
to restart it after making a stop outside the kindergarten.

Three passengers aged between six and nine years old managed
to escape the inferno, but Ichsan's son was left helpless inside
the burning van.

"Harry might have been asleep at the time," said Iman, adding
that the victim was the youngest of Ichsan's two sons. (ivy)