Bus and oil tanker collide in Indonesia, killing at least 16 people

A passenger bus collided head-on with a fuel tanker truck on a highway on Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and injuring four others, officials said.The crash occurred around midday on the Sumatra-highway" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="123149" data-entity-type="location">Trans-Sumatra Highway in North Musi Rawas regency of Sumatra" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="123144" data-entity-type="location">South Sumatra province, when an intercity bus carrying at least 20 people struck a tanker truck travelling in the opposite direction, said Mugono, a local disaster management agency official.Mugono, who uses a single name like many Indonesians, said preliminary findings indicate the bus – which was travelling from Sumatra" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="123144" data-entity-type="location">South Sumatra’s Lubuklinggau city to Jambi, another city – may have emitted sparks shortly before the collision.