The Jakarta Post | Sat, 11/22/2008 4:46 PM
A bus packed with passengers skidded of track before rolling over to avoid a crash with a speeding train in Kediri, East Java, on Saturday noon. No life casualties resulted from the accident.
The bus driver, Suwarno, explained that he already noticed the train at about 300 meters from a train crossing. However, he said, the bus brakes failed to function properly, forcing him to make a sudden turn off the road.
“I had to do it because ahead of us there were already cars lining up to wait for the train to cross. I diverted the steer to the left,” Suwarno said.
After making the desperate turn, the bus crashed onto a local village security post before finally landing on a flower garden.
Witnesses said that the passengers, who were mostly factory workers of the country’s biggest clove cigarette manufacturer, PT Gudang Garam, exited the bus through the back door and a small exit on the roof of the bus. (and)
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