Two die, 13 injured in road accident

INDONESIA: Two people died and 13 were injured when a bus plunged into a ravine in the Puncak resort area in Tugu Selatan village, Cisarua subdistrict, Bogor, West Java.

An official at the Pulmonary Disease Hospital in Cisarua identified on Saturday the two fatalities as Samsuddin, 52, and Dede, 38.

He said the hospital was treating 13 people who suffered minor and serious injuries.

First Insp. Suryana of the Cisarua Police said the accident occurred near the Widuri grade near the Ship restaurant.

"Nearly all the substation's police officers are at the site of the accident, but I haven't received any information about the victims as yet," Suryana said.

He said four ambulances had been deployed to take the victims to the hospital. -- JP