16 Killed in Truck Accident in Indonesia's West Papua

Sixteen people were killed and six others seriously wounded in a truck accident in Indonesia's eastern province of West Papua on Wednesday.

Muhammad Khairul Basyar, a press officer at the search and rescue office in Manokwari district of the province, stated that the incident took place at about 3:00 a.m. local time.

The officer revealed that the incident occurred when the truck, carrying 29 people, was passing a downhill road in Minyambouw sub-district of Pengunungan Arfak district.

"The truck hit a hill at the side of the road, 13 people died on the scene and three others were dead in a hospital, six others sustained serious wounds," Khairul told Xinhua via phone.

Seven others survived the accident, according to the officer.

Last February, thirteen people were killed in a bus accident in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta, according to the head of Yogyakarta search and rescue office Lalu Wahyu Effendi.

The accident happened around 6.15 a.m. at a junction in Muara Rapak, Balikpapan, according to East Kalimantan district police.