Traffic accidents kill six motorists

TANGERANG: Six people were killed in three separate traffic accidents that took place at about the same time on Tuesday.

In the first accident, two butchers on a motorcycle were hit by a container truck on Jl. MH Thamrin, Kebon Nanas district.

Konjaya, 29, and Jumadi, 23, died on the spot.

Two unidentified men were killed in a hit-and-run accident near the Jakarta-Merak toll road. Neither were carrying identity cards.

The third took place on Jl. Merdeka, when car driver Lie Bue Tet, 43, and Sanusi, 43, were trying to avoid a collision with a truck coming from the opposite direction. Their car, instead, hit another car. Lie died at the scene, while Sanusi died on the way to the hospital. -- JP