Java Highway Crash Kills 13 Wedding Guests and Injures 5
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Updated · CBS New York · Jul 13
Java Highway Crash Kills 13 Wedding Guests and Injures 5
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jul 13
Summary
13 people died and five were injured after a pickup carrying wedding guests was crushed between two trucks on Java's northern coastal highway in Indramayu regency.
Police said the open-bed pickup had slowed near a median opening to make a U-turn when a wing-box truck hit it from behind, pushing it into the opposite lane.
A second truck then struck the pickup, throwing more than a dozen passengers onto the road; the five survivors remained hospitalized with injuries ranging from minor to serious.
Authorities are investigating the crash, which fits a broader pattern of deadly Indonesian road accidents linked to overloaded vehicles, weak safety measures and poor compliance with traffic rules.