Eighteen people who were on their way to attend a funeral at a village were themselves killed in a road accident when a pick up truck they were travelling in collided with a lorry laden with flour in Tongas, Probolinggo, Jawa Timur, Saturday afternoon.
In what the authorities described as the worst road accident in the country of the year which is coming to an end, the pick up truck with 32 passengers was trying to overtake another vehicle when it crashed into an oncoming lorry at about 4pm.
The impact of the accident saw most of the passengers thrown off the pick truck, resulting in 15 dead at the scene and three at a hospital later.
Jawa Timur police station's public relations officer Awi Setiyono said police were carrying out investigations to find out the cause of the accident and determine whether it was caused by human error or mechanical (condition of the vehicle).
Local media reported that the Tongas General Hospital was filled with gloom as families of the dead passengers arrived to claim their bodies and make arrangements to bury their remains.
Sunday 29 December 2013
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