Car crashes into a trailer near Karawang, one dies

One passenger died and two were severely injured after their car collided unto a rear-end of a slow-moving truck at kilometer 56 of the Cikampek Toll Road in Klari, Karawang, West Java, on Tuesday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Kusri, 47. Also injured in the crash were passengers Indra, 36, and Susi, 15, who are now being treated at Efarina Etaham Hospital in Purwakarta.

The car carrying five passengers was heading to Brebes, Central Java from Jakarta.

Due to the accident, the front passenger side of the car was heavily dented. The trailer fled the scene after the accident.

The car’s driver, Tanto, 34, denied that he fell asleep, causing the accident.

“I wasn't sleepy. If had fallen asleep, we should have overturned,” Tanto said as quoted by kompas.com. (fzm).