Bus crash kills one in Purwakarta

PURWAKARTA, West Java: One person died and seven others were hospitalized when a passenger bus rammed into a parked oil tanker near here late Tuesday evening.

The bus was carrying passengers from Bandung to Cikampek when it skidded uncontrollably on a tight turn and slammed into the parked tanker.

According to police, the bus conductor, Edi Tampubolon, was killed instantly. The seven injured passengers are being treated at Bayu Asih hospital in Purwakarta.

Antara quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the driver, who ran away after the incident, had been driving recklessly throughout the journey. (mds)