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Five people killed in Indonesia's Central Java province
In Indonesia's Central Java province, five people were killed and seven injured when a train crashed into a minibus.
The state Antara news agency reported the passenger train was travelling to the Central Java town of Malang when it crashed into a minibus crossing the railway tracks in Karanganyar district, 480 kilometres east of the capital Jakarta.
Witnesses said public transport drivers nearby had shouted to alert the minibus driver to the approaching train, but they were unable to stop him driving across the tracks.
The minibus was pushed 10 metres along the road by the impact of the crash.
04/05/2002 21:26:21 | ABC Radio Australia News
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