Six dead in road accident

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Six people were killed and eight others suffered injuries in a collision on Tuesday morning between a bus and truck in Mas Besitang village, some 95 kilometers south of here.

The bus, coming from Pangkalan Brandan, capital of Babalan district, was turning when it collided with an oncoming truck loaded with fruit in Bukit Mas Besitang village, police said Wednesday.

The impact threw some of the 14 passengers out of the bus.

The fatalities were identified as bus driver, Anwar Mahmud, Edy Junaidi, M. Natsir, M Nur, Saryetno, and Novi.