Eleven killed in bus crash

Eleven killed in bus crash

WONOSOBO, Central Java: Eleven people were killed and 37 seriously injured in a collision involving two buses and two vans here on Sunday, a press report said yesterday.

Police said the accident occurred at 9 a.m. when the driver of the Jaya Indah bus lost control after the brakes failed, crashing into another packed bus Wijaya.

The collision was not enough to stop the Jaya Indah, which then hit a motorcycle and two vans coming from the opposite direction, said the report.

Most fatalities were aboard the Jaya Indah, which was carrying passengers from Semarang.

The chief of the Wonosobo police precinct, Lt. Col. Bambang Soetiarso, said the accident was the worst to occur in the regency in the last decade. (wah/pan)