Seven killed in bus crash

SEMARANG: Seven people were killed and two others injured when a truck carrying fertilizer slid into a ravine in Kedawung in Banjarnegara.

The seven victims, all casual laborers hired to unload the fertilizer, were on the back of the truck when it skid. The truck first hit a tree and then swerved into the ravine, the Antara news agency reported. The two injured were the driver and a passenger who sat on the front.

Eyewitnesses speculated that the accident took place because the driver was sleepy unable to concentrate.(emb)