Bodies of accident victims claimed

BOGOR (JP): Relatives have claimed the bodies of five people killed in an accident on the Jagorawi toll road Thursday from the PMI General Hospital, a hospital employee said yesterday.

"No one was crying because those picking up the bodies were all men. But from their facial expressions, we could see they were deeply grieving," said the employee, who asked not to be named.

Four of the five victims were passengers of a Suzuki Carry van, while the other one was a driver's assistant of a sand truck, which had stopped on the shoulder of the toll road because of a flat tire.

The four passengers were Fahrudin, 28; Endang, 26; Suparman Muhtadi, 34, and Jaya Jamaludin, 37, while the driver's assistant was Dodi Achdiat, 29.

The accident took place when the van, traveling in the direction of Bogor to Jakarta, hit a Peugeot sedan from the left side at high speed, according to the police report.

The van's driver had apparently been startled to see the stopped truck in front of him and suddenly turned to the right, hitting the sedan. The van then hit the truck, killing Dodi who was changing the truck's tire.

The sedan overturned and came to a stop facing oncoming traffic. Its four passengers sustained only light injuries, the report said. (24)