Singaporean woman dies in go-kart crash during holiday on Indonesia’s Batam island
- Arini Mohamed Adinan was on a holiday in Batam with friends and had recently celebrated her birthday
- Police said that she died after her ‘very long hair’ got entangled in one of the vehicle’s rear tyres
A Singaporean woman died in a go-karting accident on the Indonesian island of Batam on Wednesday.
She was identified as 33-year-old Arini Mohamed Adinan by Senior Superintendent Zahwani Pandra Arsyad of the Riau Islands regional police.
The accident took place at Golden City Go-Kart in Bengkong at around 3.30pm local time, Zahwani said. Arini was on a holiday in Batam with friends and had recently celebrated her birthday, he added.
According to Zahwani, a witness saw Arini driving a go-kart car with the number 14 around the circuit twice, Berita Mediacorp reported.
“There were no problems during the deceased’s first round of go-karting. However, go-kart number 14 suddenly crashed into the tyre barrier at high speed. The tyres were not the issue,” he said.
The witness, who Zahwani said worked in the game room at the venue, approached Arini and saw that her helmet had been thrown off due to the crash.