An overloaded truck carrying 29 people on Wednesday flipped over in Indonesia's West Papua province, killing 18 passengers including a toddler, local authorities said.
The truck was going downhill in the remote Arfak mountains at dawn when the driver lost control and hit a cliff while attempting to brake, the local police chief in Manokwari district, Parasian Herman Gultom, told news channel Metro TV.
Parasian said the passengers were mainly miners, and the truck, which was also carrying logs of wood and auto parts, was overloaded.
