Four killed in bus crash

SEMARANG, Central Java: Four people were killed and more than a dozen others injured, several critically, in a chain collision involving a crowded bus, a jeep and a truck near here Saturday.

Doctors at the Ungaran and Ambarawa hospitals, where the victims were admitted, said two men and two women died before receiving treatment due to their serious injuries.

The accident occurred when the driver of the Tri Sakti bus lost control after it raced against another bus and crashed head on into the oncoming vehicles.

Most of the victims were passengers and the bus itself, like the jeep and the truck, was badly smashed. The bus driver fled the scene of the crime, Antara reported. (pan)