Nine killed, 23 wounded in N. Sumatra collisions<\/p>\n
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra<\/p>\n
At least nine people were killed and 23 others seriously injured
\nin two separate head-on collisions on the Trans-Sumatra Highway
\nin North Sumatra on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Seven were killed and 11 others were injured in a head-on
\ncollision between a passenger bus and a truck in Labuhan Batu.<\/p>\n
Siti Aminah, 32, and her two daughters Nova Minanda Rangkuti
\nand Siti Maisaroh Rangkuti, Kemina Simbolon, 35, and Mahyudin 56
\nand two others who have yet to be identified died instantly while
\nthe eleven who were also passengers of the bus are still in
\nintensive care at the state-run general hospital in Rantauprapat.<\/p>\n
The spokesman for the North Sumatra Provincial Police, Sr.
\nComr. Amrin Karim, said here on Thursday that the collision
\noccurred early in the morning on Thursday when a bus, the PO
\nDelima Indah, driven recklessly by Syachrul Siregar at a high
\nspeed collided with the truck in Aek Tampang village in the
\nregency. The bus, carrying some 30 passengers, was on its way
\nfrom Medan to Rantauprapat.<\/p>\n
He said that according to witnesses, the collision was
\ninevitable because one of the truck's headlights was not
\nfunctioning.<\/p>\n
\"The incident claimed many lives because after the collision,
\nthe bus careened into a deep ravine,\" he said, citing that the
\nbus driver survived the collision with minor injuries and was
\ndetained by the police while the truck driver fled the scene
\nfollowing the collision.<\/p>\n
The accident caused a traffic jam on the normally busy highway
\nbut the traffic congestion was disentangled shortly after the
\narrival of the police.<\/p>\n
Officials later used three tow trucks with winches to pull the
\nbus out of the ravine.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, two people were killed and 12 others were injured
\nseriously in another collision between a passenger bus and a
\ncargo truck in Tanjungmorawa, some ten kilometers south of the
\ncity.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses said the collision occurred when the bus, the
\nSiantar Express, which was travelling at a high speed on its way
\nfrom from Medan to Pematang Siantar hit a truck, also at high
\nspeed from the opposite direction.<\/p>\n
The bus driver and the truck driver died on the spot while 12
\npassengers with major injuries were hospitalized in Tanjungmorawa
\nGeneral Hospital.<\/p>",
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