Six killed in two road accidents<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Six people were killed and four severely injured
\nin two separate accidents on Jl. Letjen S. Parman and at the
\nKebon Jeruk toll gate in West Jakarta early yesterday morning.<\/p>\n
The first three victims died after they were squeezed between
\ntwo speeding Kopaja minibuses on Jl. Letjen. S. Parman, a police
\nofficer who requested anonymity said.<\/p>\n
The three were hanging from the doorway of the fully-packed
\nKopaja B-88 plying on the Kalideres-Kebon Jeruk route when it
\ncollided with another vehicle belonging to the same company, the
\nofficer said.<\/p>\n
They were identified as Eyong Effendi, 23, the minibus
\nconductor; Nikmat Khoir, 18, a third year student at the state-
\nrun Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 1 Islamic school in Joglo, West
\nJakarta; and Ismanto, 16, a first-year student at Muhammadiyah
\nHigh School in Gelong Baru, also West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The minibus collided side-on at high speed with a Kopaja B-95
\nwhich it was trying to overtake, he said.<\/p>\n
The officer said that Supriyanto, the driver of the B-95 bus,
\ngave himself up to the police and is being held at Pesing police
\nstation, while the driver of the B-88 bus fled the scene.<\/p>\n
The officer explained that the two buses had been racing each
\nother since Jl. Daan Mogot.<\/p>\n
The bodies of Eyong, Nikmat and Ismanto were taken to Cipto
\nMangunkusumo General Hospital for postmortem examinations.<\/p>\n
Three other people died and four more were injured when an M-
\n12 minivan skidded at Kebon Jeruk toll gate early yesterday
\nmorning. The driver lost control of the vehicle when he tried to
\nstop after mistakenly driving up to a blocked gate at high speed.<\/p>\n
Harsono, a toll gate attendant, was quoted by Antara as saying
\nthat the minivan, which was plying the Kota-Senen route, drove
\ntoward the gate at high speed at 00.30 a.m.<\/p>\n
\"Unfortunately the minivan approached the closed gate without
\nreducing speed. The driver became aware of his mistake only after
\nthe van was too close to the gate to avert disaster,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The driver turned sharply to the right then lost control. The
\nvehicle rolled over several times before coming to a stop. (ivy)<\/p>",
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