Careless bus drivers kill five in South, East Jakarta<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Careless bus drivers caused two accidents and
\nthe deaths of a teacher and four students over the weekend,
\npolice said.<\/p>\n
Nur Intan, 27, a teacher at the private SMA Mandiri high
\nschool in Depok, was returning home from shopping on Saturday at
\nthe Blok M shopping center, South Jakarta, when she was hit by a
\nbus around 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
Witnesses threw stones at the Metro Mini bus plying the
\nCiledug-Blok M route, and the driver was detained by the police.<\/p>\n
On Jl. DI Panjaitan, in East Jakarta, four high school
\nstudents died Friday morning when their bus hit a truck parked on
\nthe side of the road.<\/p>\n
Imron, Adi Hasan and Ricky, were smashed between the truck and
\nthe Mayasari Bhakti bus number 44. They had been hanging in the
\ndoorway of the crowded bus at the time of the accident around 7
\na.m. The fourth student, Lukito, died Saturday in the private
\nPersahabatan hospital in Rawamangun where two were still being
\ntreated as of yesterday.<\/p>\n
The victims were among six students on their way to school,
\nthe private Kemala Bhayangkari technical high school in Cipinang.<\/p>\n
City police spokesman Lt.Col. Edward Aritonang confirmed that
\nthe bus, plying the Cililitan-Pulogadung route, was speeding. It
\nhit a minivan, called a mikrolet, on Jl. DI Panjaitan and the
\nlatter demanded that the Mayasari bus stop.<\/p>\n
An argument followed between both drivers and the Mayasari
\ndriver sped off again. Both buses then raced against each other
\nuntil the Mayasari hit one of several parked trucks in
\nJatinegara.<\/p>\n
The driver and his conductor immediately fled. Aritonang could
\nnot yet confirm reports that the microlet driver was beaten by
\nonlookers before he was detained. (04\/anr)<\/p>",
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