Bus kills student, injures nine

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: A speeding bus plowed into a crowd of students, killing one and injuring nine in Pakuncen, 15 kilometers west of here yesterday.

The police saved the bus driver, Zaenuri, 27, from being beaten up by an angry mob, eyewitnesses said.

They said the Safari bus on its way from Tegal to Purwokerto tried to overtake two buses on a busy street.

The Safari bus skidded to the right to avoid crashing headlong into an oncoming bus, the driver lost control and slammed into the students. (wah)