4 dead, 14 injured in Medan bus crash
The Jakarta Post | Archipelago | Tue, September 04 2012, 9:22 AM
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MEDAN: Four people were reportedly killed, while 14 others suffered injuries after a Medan Jaya bus crashed into a parked truck on the Trans-Sumatra Highway in Kualuh Selatan district, North Labuhan Batu regency, North Sumatra, on Monday.
The four casualties were bus passengers sitting on the left side of the bus.
Marina, a witness, said that the bus was traveling at high speed just before it crashed into a truck parked on the left side of the street.
North Sumatra Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Heru Prakoso said that the bus driver, identified as Bemo Sebayang, fled the crash scene.
“We are still looking for the driver to establish the cause of the accident,” said Heru.
