JAKARTA, Jan 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – At least two people died and 16 others were injured, after the bus they were travelling on, rolled five metres down a highway in Central Java yesterday, according to local police.
The crash took place in Pemalang Regency, at around 12:30 p.m. local time. There were a total of 26 people on the bus, travelling from Jakarta to Semarang, according to Pemalang Police’s deputy chief, Gunawan Wibisono.
No other vehicles were involved in the accident, and the weather was sunny when the crash occurred, he added.
Wibisono also said that, the two dead and those injured were already transported to a nearby hospital.
The bus has been evacuated by highway officers. The police will continue their investigation on the cause of the accident.– NNN-ANTARA
