Road accident kills three, injures many
| Mon, 11/30/2009 2:18 PM
BANYUMAS: Three residents were killed and dozens of others were wounded after the pickup truck they were in overturned in Jingkang village, Banyumas Regency, Central Java on Sunday.
The passengers were on their way from a wedding.
The pickup was carrying 30 passengers, mostly women, when it failed to ascend a steep road on the way back from the ceremony.
As a result, the passengers were squeezed. The wounded passengers were later taken to the Ajibarang regional public hospital.
The local police are investigating how 30 people could fit into a pickup truck. - JP
