REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BOGOR -- Five people died when a truck rammed into two cars, one after the other, before hitting a motorbike in Megamendung in West Java on Saturday (15/11).

"The accident occurred in the wee hours (1.30 am local time), killing five people and leaving two others with severe injuries," Bogor traffic police chief, Adjunct Commissioner Bramastyo, said here on Saturday.

Bramastyo said one Dede Wawan, 42, was driving the loaded truck in West Java's provincial sub-district when, while coming from the Puncak high land, it swerved to the right and grazed past the right side of a Toyota Avanza minivan coming from the opposite direction.

"The truck then hit another car, a Honda Jazz sedan, being driven by Guntur Silo Siregar who was following the Toyota Avanza min van," Bramastyo noted, adding the truck then hit a motor bike.

The dead were identified as Guntur Silo Siregar (driver of Honda Jazz sedan), Riki and Robby Sirait (all in the same car), Dede Wawan (truck driver), and Sohim (motor bike rider).

Meanwhile Simon and Poltak, both occupants of the Honda Jazz sedan, sustained severe injuries.

All the victims were taken to the Ciawi general hospital, the police added.

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