At least 14 killed in Java tourist bus collision

At least 14 people were killed in Indonesia when a tourist bus crashed into a billboard on a motorway yesterday on the country’s main island. Police said the bus was carrying Indonesian tourists from Surabaya, the capital of East Java province. They were returning from a trip to Dieng Plateau, a popular mountain resort in Central Java, when the vehicle hit the billboard just after dawn. The crash occurred on the Mojokerto toll road, 400 metres before the exit, East Java traffic police chief Latief Usman said. Police said the driver had appeared drowsy before the crash, but he was severely injured and had not yet been questioned. Nineteen people were being treated in hospital.