Tribun TimurZainuddin, the father of the 14 year-old boy who crashed into 15 people while driving a Honda Jazz automobile, denied a police report suggesting his son had been under the influence of alcohol.
“He is still only in junior high school. He was not drunk; he panicked after the first collision, so he hit the acceleration and crashed,” he said Sunday as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Zainuddin pleaded to the mass media not to blow the incident out of proportion, as it might be psychologically damaging to his son and could harm his future.
On Saturday, the young boy, identified only by his initials H.R.R, was involved in a sequence of five crashes on Jl. Baji Gau, Jl. Cendrawasih, Jl Dangko (at the Hartaco housing complex) and Jl. Dg Tata I in Makassar, South Sulawesi, injuring 15 people, including three motorists and a pedicab driver.
After a preliminary investigation, the Makssar police said that H.R.R had been under the influence of alcohol while driving the vehicle. (awd/mtq)
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