In this photo released by National Search and Rescue Agency, rescuers put the body of a victim into a body bag after a truck accident in Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia, on April 13, 2022. - AP
JAKARTA (Xinhua): Sixteen people were killed and six others seriously injured in a truck accident in Indonesia's eastern province of West Papua on Wednesday (April 13), said Muhammad Khairul Basyar, a press officer at the search and rescue office in Manokwari district of the province.
The incident occurred at about 3am local time when the truck carrying 29 people was passing a downhill road in Minyambouw sub-district of Pengunungan Arfak district, the officer said.
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