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)