Six people dead, 14 others injured as minivan hits bus
Six people dead, 14 others injured as minivan hits bus
Puji Santoso, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru
A public transportation minivan crashed into a commercial bus in
Kampar regency, Riau, on Tuesday morning, killing four people and
severely injuring 16 others.
The deadly accident happened only a day after a similar
accident in Indragiri Hulu, Riau, in which four people were
killed and six others severely injured.
The accident on Tuesday occurred as the minivan was heading
east to Pekanbaru from Bangkinang, the capital of Kampar. On Jl.
Rimbopanjang, the minivan was attempting to overtake a car, when
a Lintau Transport bus suddenly appeared from the opposite
direction, according to the chief of the Kampar Police's traffic
division, First. Insp. Haryana.
The two vehicles came together in a head-on collision, with
the minivan taking most of the impact. Of those who died, two
were children. The other two were Amas Siregar, 55 and Azria
Safrizal, 22, the driver of the minivan.
The deadly accident caused a severe traffic jam on Jl.
Rimbopanjang.
Meanwhile, the injured passengers were taken to the nearest
hospital.
Following the accident, the driver of the Lintau Transport
bus, Husnul Fitri, 22, a resident of Bangkinang, was questioned
by the police.
Separately, a minor accident occurred earlier on Monday in
Bengkalis, Riau. At least 14 out of 80 Mobile Brigade (Brimob)
officers, who were traveling on a bus, were injured when the bus
collided with a Volvo truck in Mandau, Bengkalis.
The accident occurred when the Brimob officers, who had just
returned from the troubled province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam,
arrived in Dumai seaport aboard a Navy ship. They were met by
three buses -- the Gumarang, Dorex and Caltex, which were to
transport them home. In a street in Mandau, a Volvo truck
approached the buses, but somehow the Dorex bus, which was
between the two other buses, collided with the truck, said Adj.
Sr. Comr. S. Pandiangan.
Fourteen Brimob officers were injured in the accident, while
the truck driver fled from the scene.
The police are tracking down the driver, said Pandiangan.