17 injured in bus crash

CIREBON, West Java: At least 17 people were injured, five seriously, in a bus crash early on Monday.

Buses owned by Cahaya Baru and ANS, both crammed with passengers, collided head-on when the former was trying to overtake a truck. The maneuver was too late to avoid the oncoming bus.

The driver of the Cahaya Baru bus, who was among those critically injured, tried to veer left by cutting off the truck, but not in time to avoid impact with the ANS bus.

Police impounded the ANS bus after its driver and conductor fled the scene, Antara reported. (pan)