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untur stared at the grave of his daughter, Layla Fitriani Ahmad, who five days ago had turned 15, while dozens of teenagers in senior high school uniforms and police officers solemnly prayed for the young girl who died after being hit by a police bus a day before.

'€œI cannot believe she left us so soon,'€ the grieving Guntur told The Jakarta Post at Kamboja Cemetery in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta on Tuesday.

On its way to pick up hundreds of police officers deployed to secure the pre-trial hearing of National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan at the South Jakarta District Court on Monday, one of the police'€™s four quick-response unit buses hit Guntur'€™s motorcycle.

Guntur was on his way home after picking up his daughter at State Vocational High School SMKN 15 in Kebayoran Baru. Witnesses said the bus was speeding.

The crash threw Layla off the motorcycle, and caused wounds to her head. Officers from another police bus tended to her. The bus that hit Guntur and Layla did not stop to help, Guntur said.

The officers who did help brought Layla and Guntur to Kebayoran Baru community health center, which referred them to Fatmawati Hospital due to a lack of sufficient medical equipment.

The hospital, however, could not save Layla and the teenage girl passed away in the emergency room.

Guntur suffered a fracture to his left arm, a broken right little finger and a number of bruises.

'€œI have yet to see the police officer who hit me and my daughter. I hope he can be a man and apologize to me and my family,'€ Guntur said in his house in Gandaria, South Jakarta, after the funeral.

Guntur said Layla was a smart girl who had always made him proud with her good grades at school.

Layla, the eldest of three girls, also won many competitions, Guntur said, pointing at the row of trophies on the family'€™s living room shelf.

Guntur said he had hoped Layla could inspire her two younger sisters with her achievements.

Shayla Sabrina Alamsyah, Layla'€™s classmate at school, said Layla was a kindhearted girl and all her friends would miss her.

'€œShe was a reserved girl, but a very nice friend,'€ Shayla said. She brought a bouquet of flowers for her friend on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Jakarta Police quick response unit director Sr. Comr. Marolop Manik gave his condolences at the victim'€™s family funeral, saying that the police corps was sorry for the death of '€œone of their beloved sisters'€.

Marolop confirmed the bus was driven by one of his officers, Second Brig. Ricky Alexander, and emphasized the police would conduct a thorough police examination.

'€œThe driver denies that he was responsible for the accident, but I don'€™t believe him,'€ Marolop told reporters at the funeral.