Road crash kills three

BEKASI, West Java (JP): Three died and eight were injured when a Toyota Kijang van overturned on the Cikampek toll road yesterday morning.

Police said the van carrying a family from Jatinegara, East Jakarta, was heading for Bandung. In the Cibitung area the driver, Yana Surani, prepared to overtake a truck.

Yana, who survived the accident, said that after signaling and overtaking the truck, the van hit another vehicle in front of it.

Yana lost control and the van overturned a number of times.

The victims were Yana's son, 20-year-old Asep, Ny. Penah, 37 and Sudjai, 40. Eight others sustained injuries. (kod)