6-year-old Indonesian girl killed in Singapore accident laid to rest in Jakarta hometown

Sheyna Lashira Smaradiani and her family were visiting the popular tourist area of Chinatown late on Friday morning when the accident happened.

A car struck Sheyna and her mother, Raisha Anindra Pascasiswi, as the family of four were crossing South Bridge Road near the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Chinese-language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao reported. Her father, Ashar Ardianto, had been walking ahead with Sheyna’s two-year-old sibling in a stroller and was unhurt.

In videos posted on social media, Ashar can be seen holding his daughter in his arms while Raisha lies on the ground by the side of the road. “My family … Please, oh my God, why,” he cries.

The driver of the car, a 38-year-old woman, kept pacing back and forth at the scene, occasionally burying her head in her hands, according to Chinese-language newspaper Shin Min.

After the driver was taken away by police, her husband told reporters that she had been in the area to pick up their son.