14 die in crash on Jakarta road

Fourteen people died in a crash on the Cikampek toll road in Jakarta at about 8 p.m. on Sunday. Two others were severely injured when a public bus traveling from the direction of Cikampek crashed into a Suzuki Carry minivan, causing another bus and a pickup truck to swerve off the road to avoid the collision. The driver and conductor of the public bus that crashed into the minivan fled the scene and are being sought by the police, Naufal Yahya, an officer with the Jakarta Traffic Police, said. -- JP