Eight killed in accident

Eight killed in accident

SEMARANG, Central Java: Eight people, five of whom belonged to
the same family, were killed in an accident involving a bus and
two vans in Ungaran, just south of here last week.

The family members killed were Jakartans visiting Central Java
for their Idul Fitri vacation. The other three accident
fatalities were locals traveling in a van.

Police said 12 people, all van passengers, were admitted to
the Ungaran general hospital, some with serious injuries.

Eyewitnesses said the accident happened when the bus side-
swiped a car it was trying to overtake. The panicky driver lost
control of his bus and crashed head-first into the oncoming vans.

The police said the driver of the bus fled the scene and was
still at large as of yesterday. (har)