Two killed and 16 injured in bus accident in Indonesia's Central Java


JAKARTA (Xinhua): At least two people died and 16 others were injured after the bus they were on rolled five meters down a highway in Central Java on Sunday, according to local police.

The crash took place in Pemalang Regency at around 12:30pm local time.

There were a total of 26 people on the bus traveling 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 the highway officers. The police will continue their investigation on the cause of the accident. - Xinhua

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