Accident kills three artists

BATANG, Central Java: A bus full of artists returning home after performing in Jakarta collided on Monday with a truck, killing three passengers and injuring nine others.

The driver of the Langsung Jaya bus, exhausted after many hours of driving, lost control of the vehicle and hit the parked truck on Sengon road in the Subah district.

The injured victims were treated at the Siti Khotidjah Hospital in Pekalongan.

Pekalongan police chief Col. Bani Siswono told The Jakarta Post that the bodies of the three victims have been sent home to Karanganyar. (wah)