Eleven die in West Java bus crash

Eleven die in West Java bus crash

JAKARTA (JP): Eleven people died and four were seriously
injured when two buses crashed into each other in Krangkeng
district, Indramayu, West Java, late on Wednesday.

Antara reported from the neighboring town of Cirebon that the
Ismo and Garuda Mas buses were driving in opposite directions.

The crash sent the Ismo bus plunging into the river. Thirty-
seven people sustained minor injuries in addition to the dead and
seriously wounded.

The chief of traffic police in Cirebon, Maj. Basir Tarmizi,
said the Garuda Mas bus swerved to right when it was overtaking
another vehicle and drove onto a bridge intended for vehicles
coming from the opposite direction.

Seven of the seriously injured people were taken to Indramayu
hospital and four others to Gunung Jati hospital in Cirebon, 25
kilometers away from the site of the accident.

Both drivers were among the dead. Wartono the driver of the
Garuda Mas bus was a resident of Celeng Lohbener in Idramayu and
Tukino, the Ismo bus river, resided in Kotabambu subdistrict in
the West Jakarta district of Palmerah.

Four of the dead were from separate areas in Wonogiri regency,
Central Java. They were identified as Sumijo, 38, Tarti, 35,
Sutimo, 35, and Tiyem, 53. Another victim, Sukino, 48, was from
Tangerang. Four others, including three women, have yet to be
identified.