7 killed in road mishap

7 killed in road mishap

CIREBON, West Java: Six passengers of a bus and a truck driver
assistant have been killed, and five other people seriously
injured, in a traffic accident in Indramayu, on Thursday.

A local police officer told Antara that the accident occurred
in the vicinity of Lohbener village. The truck en route from
Cirebon to Jakarta was moving at a high speed, swerved, scraped a
becak (rickshaw) and then rammed into the back of the parked
passenger bus.

The bodies of the seven people and the injured victims have
all been brought to the Indramayu Public Hospital. (imn)