Five killed in bus crash

MANADO, North Sulawesi: Five people were killed and five others injured, two of them critically, in a bus crash here Sunday night, a press report said yesterday.

The accident happened at about 8:15 p.m. when a van crashed into Bintang Terang bus near the Manadoku housing complex.

Eyewitnesses said the collision happened when a speeding van coming from Tumohon tried to overtake a car when it was too close to the oncoming bus.

Killed in the accident was the van's driver Fendy Tangkulung, aged 25, and his passengers Yohnny 26, Serva Umboh, 24, Olga Lontaan, 20, and Basten, 25, according to Antara. (pan)