Two dead after head-on collision

Two dead after head-on collision

LARANTUKA, East Nusa Tenggara: Two people were killed and six
others suffered minor injuries when a public intercity bus
crashed with a truck in the village of Nobo, Wulang Gitang
district, on Wednesday.

Local residents, who evacuated the injured passengers, said
both drivers of the vehicles fled the scene shortly after the
collision took place.

Witnesses said the public bus, which plied the Ende to
Larantuka route, was traveling at high speed when a truck
suddenly appeared from the opposite direction on the narrow road.

Apparently, both drivers were unable to control the speed of
their vehicles and they collided head-on.

Two bus passengers died in the incident. (yac)