Reporter, family killed in crash

Reporter, family killed in crash

SEMARANG, Central Java: A reporter, his entire family and a
driver died in an accident involving four cars on the Mangkang
highway in Semarang, Central Java, on Monday after their minivan
collided head-on with a truck.

Antara reported on Tuesday that the Toyota Kijang van --
carrying Muji Wiryadi, a journalist at Semarang's Suara Merdeka
daily, his wife Tri Silowati and their 1.5-year-old daughter Bela
Nurohmah -- swerved to the left, forcing the chauffeur to veer
sharply to the right, only to collide head-on with the truck.

Muji, his wife and the chauffeur died instantly, while Bela
died moments after being taken to Tugu Hospital.

An Isuzu Panther van speeding behind the truck, which was
abandoned by its driver, came to an abrupt halt before a tourist
bus slammed into it. No deaths were reported in the subsequent
pileup. --Antara