Seven killed in road accident

Seven killed in road accident

SITUBONDO, East Java: Police have established "human error" as
the cause of a traffic accident which killed seven people here
Saturday.

Local police chief Lt. Col. Suharto said on Sunday that 18-
year-old Sugeng Haryanto, the driver of a truck involved in the
accident, did not have a driving license, while the vehicle
itself was also in poor condition.

The truck collided with a horse-drawn wagon loaded with local
villagers on their way to attend an independence day festival.

The bodies of the victims in the accident, which took place in
Klatakan, a village in the Panarukan sub-district, have been
claimed by their relatives, Suharto told the Antara news agency.
(swe)