Four killed in bus accident

Four killed in bus accident

SURABAYA, East Java: Four persons died and eight others were
hurt after a bus plunged into a ravine at the Kaibon village in
Madiun on Monday afternoon.

The chief of the claim section of the Jasa Raharja insurance
company in Surabaya, Mubariq Ahmad, said the victims are being
treated at the Sutomo hospital in Madiun and also at other public
health facilities.

All the passengers of the Cendana bus had been insured, but
the company had yet to check into the identities of some of the
victims because they were not carrying any IDs, he said.

The bus driver apparently was trying to avoid hitting another
bus coming in the opposite direction when he steered the vehicle
into disaster, the Antara news agency reported. The bus was en
route from Madiun to Ponorogo. (par)