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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Bus and oil tanker collide in Indonesia, killing at least 16 people

Indonesia Road Accident - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A passenger bus collided head-on with a fuel tanker truck on a highway on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and injuring four others, officials said.

The crash occurred around midday on the Trans-Sumatra Highway in North Musi Rawas regency of South Sumatra province, when an intercity bus carrying at least 20 people struck a tanker truck traveling in the opposite direction, said Mugono, a local disaster management agency official.

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