{"id":7684,"date":"2026-07-17T19:33:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/?p=7684"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:33:06","slug":"turkish-driver-named-suspect-detained-after-five-vehicle-hit-and-run-crash-injures-seven-in-bali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/turkish-driver-named-suspect-detained-after-five-vehicle-hit-and-run-crash-injures-seven-in-bali\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Driver Named Suspect, Detained After Five-Vehicle Hit-and-Run Crash Injures Seven in Bali"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Turkish national identified by his initials OSA, 49, who struck five vehicles and injured seven people in North Kuta District, Badung Regency<\/a>, Bali, has been officially named a suspect. The designation followed a police investigation into the series of collisions that occurred on Jalan Mertasari, Kerobokan Kelod Village, Badung, on the night of Monday, July 13, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting Public Relations Sub-Section Head of Badung Police, Aiptu Ni Nyoman Ayu Inastuti, confirmed the foreign national’s legal status. “Yes, that’s correct, he has been named a suspect. He is currently being detained at Badung Police Headquarters,” Ayu said when confirmed on Friday, July 17, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charges Filed<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to Ayu, OSA has been charged under Article 310, Paragraph (3), subsidiary to Paragraph (2), and\/or Article 312 of Law Number 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These articles pertain to traffic accidents resulting in injured victims and a driver’s obligation to render assistance to victims. “The maximum penalty is five years’ imprisonment,” Ayu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the Incident Unfolded<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

OSA had been driving a Daihatsu Rocky, license plate DK 1882 ACL, recklessly, striking five vehicles before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident began when OSA was driving from Seminyak toward Canggu on Jalan Mertasari at approximately 7:15pm. He attempted to overtake a Honda Scoopy motorcycle ahead of him but failed to maintain a safe distance, clipping the motorcycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OSA continued driving north, and at a different location still on Jalan Mertasari, his vehicle crossed the road marking and struck a Yamaha NMAX motorcycle traveling in the opposite direction. Shortly after, his car collided with a Suzuki APV traveling in the same direction ahead of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OSA then continued onto Jalan Kedampang, where he struck a Honda PCX motorcycle. Despite having hit multiple vehicles, he did not stop and continued fleeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caught by Residents<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Residents who witnessed the incident gave chase and eventually stopped OSA’s vehicle on Jalan Batu Bidak VIII, Gang Manggis. The driver was then apprehended and handed over to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven people were injured in the series of collisions and are being treated at hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#balinews<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Turkish national identified by his initials OSA, 49, who struck five vehicles and injured seven people in North Kuta District, Badung Regency, Bali, has been officially named a suspect. The designation followed a police investigation into the series of collisions that occurred on Jalan Mertasari, Kerobokan Kelod Village, Badung, on the night of Monday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_food_recipe":[],"enable_food_recipe":"","food_recipe_title":"","food_recipe_description":"","food_recipe_serve":"","food_recipe_time":"","food_recipe_prep":"","food_recipe_level":"","food_recipe_keywords":"","food_recipe_category":"","food_recipe_cuisine":"","food_recipe_yield":"","food_recipe_calories":"","enable_print_recipe":"","ingredient":[],"instruction":"","jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,347],"tags":[323,47,106,146,82,185,62,54,806,1166],"class_list":["post-7684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bali-update","category-bali-law","tag-accident","tag-bali","tag-bali-expat","tag-bali-life","tag-bali-tourism","tag-bali-update","tag-international","tag-news","tag-turkish","tag-turkish-tourist"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7686,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7684\/revisions\/7686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}