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span class="inline inline-right">Give way to the busway: In a 2009 file photo, a Transjakarta employee hands out stickers during a campaign to urge motorists not to drive in the busway lane at the Coca-Cola intersection in Central Jakarta. The campaign was held to ease traffic jams and reduce traffic accidents along the busway lane. (JP/Ricky Yudhistira) An accident involving public transportation left four people dead on Sunday, which an expert said was the result of a lack of discipline among road users.

Ayuningtyas, a 17-year-old high school student, died after being run over by a Transjakarta bus on Jl. Jatinegara Barat, East Jakarta, early on Sunday.

East Jakarta Police traffic division head Adj. Comr. Sudarsono said that when crossing the busway lane, Ayuningtyas, a student at SMA 1 Tambun, Bekasi, West Jakarta, did not realize that the oncoming bus plying the Kampung Melayu-Ancol route was articulated.

“She was hit by the bus because she did not see that the bus was articulated. The back part of the bus hit her, then she fell hard,” Sudarsono said.

Ayuningtyas was rushed to nearby Premier hospital but she died on the way due to serious injuries to her head, back and legs.

Sudarsono said the bus driver, Sukirno, had been arrested for reckless driving, an offense that could carry a five-year sentence.

“As a driver of an articulated bus, he should minimize the risk around him, such as by blowing the horn or looking in his rear-view mirrors.”

Later on Sunday, a 5-year-old boy died after being hit by a Transjakarta bus on the Blok M–Kota route.

The boy, Efendi was crossing the busway lane with his father, Edi, at the Harco electronic store in Glodok, West Jakarta, when the northbound bus hit him.

Efendi died on the scene, while Edi, a resident of Kampung Sawah in Bekasi, survived the accident, although he suffered serious head injuries. Edi was rushed to Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital.

West Jakarta Police traffic division head Sularno said the bus
driver had problems braking when Edi and Efendi crossed the street, headed for the Harco electronic store.

“The driver was questioned soon after the accident,” Sularno added.

Sularno said that the two victims could have avoided the accident if they had used the pedestrian
crossing.

On Wednesday, a person was killed after being hit by a Transjakarta bus on the Permata Hijau flyover in West Jakarta.

Also on Sunday, a crash involving a truck and a commuter train killed a person near the vicinity of Parung Panjang Railway Station in Tangerang.

A truck transporting sand was stuck on a railroad crossing and hit by a speeding train that had just left the station.

Separately, in Tanjung Priok, a motorbike rider was killed instantly after being hit by a freight train at a railway crossing on Sunday.

Andi Suhendi, the motorbike rider, ignored warnings from local residents about oncoming traffic. Instead, he decided to dash across the unguarded crossing and was hit by the train.

He died instantly, and his body was taken to Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital for an autopsy.

“He seemed to be in hurry and ignored warnings from local residents,” Tanjung Priok police chief Ade Rahmat Idnal said, recounting eyewitness testimonies.

Jakarta transportation expert Darmaningtyas said that in most accidents both the drivers and the other road users shared the blame.