Driver in fatal crash avoids prison sentence - Jakarta Post
Christopher Daniel Sjarief, a 24-year-old who caused the death of four people and injured several others in a series of collisions, walked away on Thursday after the South Jakarta District Court handed him a one-and-a-half year suspended prison... 20, Christopher, the son of a wealthy businessman, lost control of a Mitsubishi Outlander belonging to his friend and crashed into two motorcyclists on the congested Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda in Pondok Indah, South Jakarta. After crashing into the motorcycles, he continued to drive at a high speed and hit two cars and two other motorcyclists, 500 meters from the scene of the initial crash. During the trial, it was revealed that Christopher’s family had provided financial compensation to a number of survivors and widows of the victims in exchange for an amicable written agreement. The compensation for the survivors varied from Rp 1 million to more than Rp 25 million. Source: www.thejakartapost.com
