A passenger bus collided head-on with a fuel tanker truck on the highway on Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Wednesday, killing nearly 16 people and injuring four others, officials claim.
{img}The crash took place around midday on the Trans Sumatra Highway in North Musi Rawas regency of South Sumatra province, when an intercity bus carrying at least 20 people hit a tanker traveling in the opposite direction.
{img}Preliminary findings indicated how the bus might have emitted sparks shortly before the collision took place.
This could have prompted the driver to steer the vehicle towards the right side of the road in an attempt to avoid a more serious incident. However, an oil tanker truck was approaching at high speed, leaving little time to avoid a direct impact.