Four killed in road accident

Four killed in road accident

Four people were killed and three others seriously injured
when an inter-city bus struck a sand truck from behind on the
Jakarta-Cikampek toll road on Thursday.

The crash occurred when the inexperienced bus driver lost
control of his vehicle when one of its front tires blew out,
Kompas reported.

The dead and the injured were all passengers of the Pribumi
Raya bus. They were thrown from the bus upon impact.

The dead victims were identified as Een, Epon, Buchori, all
from Bandung, West Java, and Wawan, the conductor of the ill-
fated bus. Wawan lived in the small West Java town of Garut.

The three injured passengers now being treated at the UKI
hospital in East Jakarta are Agus Toni, Oten and Wiwin.

The bus driver, Suhendar, fled the scene when the accident
occurred and is still at large.

Suhendar had been working for the Bandung-based bus company
for just two days, Kompas reported, quoting police sources.

The daily said Suhendar was assigned to drive the bus because
the regular driver was sick. (bas)