Toll road accident kills 2, injures 4

JAKARTA: A road accident early on Sunday on Cikampek toll road killed two passengers and injured four others on board a Kijang minivan, Tempointeraktif.com reported.

The victims were identified as Maulana Azan, 24, and Hadi, 22, both of Bekasi Timur.

According to a toll road officer, Sugiarto, the accident took place at kilometer 18 on the side of the road heading to Jakarta at about 4 a.m.

He quoted witnesses saying that the speeding minivan had lost control and crashed into a sand-laden truck.

The four injured passengers, Sunardi, 24, Bukhori, 29, Diky, 19, and minivan driver Akhmad Bachrudin, 23, were admitted to Karya Medika Hospital in Cibitung, Bekasi. -- JP