Two killed in traffic accident

Two killed in traffic accident

JAKARTA (JP): Two people were killed when a public
transportation minivan plying the Tanjung Priok-Cakung route was
hit by a truck in North Jakarta on Monday evening.

The driver of the truck fled the scene after learning that two
of the minivan's passengers were killed and three others were
seriously injured. "He is still at large," a traffic police
officer was quoted by Antara as saying yesterday.

Those killed were identified as Usman Printuh, a 22-year-old
resident of Rawa Badak in Koja, North Jakarta and Ahan Diono, 24,
a resident of Pabuaran in Cakung, East Jakarta.

The injured passengers are undergoing treatment at the Cipto
Mangunkusumo Hospital. They are Anthoni Simamora, 26, Tamjid, 28,
and Suparman, 30. They hail from Purwakarta, Subang and
Sukamandi, West Java respectively. (sur)