“It is predicted the two male children were between four and five years old,” the West Java Police’s traffic director Sr. Comr. Tomex Kurniawan said as quoted by kompas.com on Sunday. Three injured victims of the accident said they did not know who the two infants were.

The accident occurred when the Daihatsu Luxio, which carried 10 passengers, was traveling to Palimanan, Cirebon, from Cikopo, Tangerang, on its way to Kuningan regency, West Java.

One of the seven victims has been identified as Aan Sawaludin, a resident of RT 3/ RW 2, Sukaharja village, Cibingbin district, Kuningan. Aan was the driver.

(Read also: 7 killed in fatal accident on West Java toll road)

The crash happened after the Luxio overtook a vehicle in front of it from its left side. “Travelling at a high speed, the Luxio overtook a truck in front of it from the left lane. Unfortunately, there was another truck in that lane. It crashed into the rear of that truck,” said Tomex.

Citing results of an analysis commissioned by the Road Accident Rescuer and Traffic Accident Analysis (RAR-TAA) team, Tomex said the Luxio was exceeding the legal speed limit. “The Luxio was going 100 kilometers per hour,” he said. The speed limit for a car traveling on a toll road is between 60 and 80 km per hour. (ebf)

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